Bent

Nov 26, 1997

1h 45m

★ 6.8

In a time of war, they found themselves in the most dangerous place of all. In love.

Overview

Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.

Genres

Drama

History

Romance

Production Companies

ASK Kodansha

NDF Inc.

Film4 Productions

Bent Trailers

Cast

Horst

Lothaire Bluteau

Max

Clive Owen

Rudy

Brian Webber

Uncle Freddie

Ian McKellen

Greta / George

Mick Jagger

Captain

Paul Bettany

Corporal

Paul Kynman

Officer on Train

Rupert Graves

Wolf

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Stormtrooper

Jude Law

SS Guard

Richard Laing

SS Guard

Crispian Belfrage

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