Bent

Bent

105 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Nov. 26, 1997

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.

Bent

105 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Nov. 26, 1997

Bent
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Channel Four Films, ASK Kodansha, NDF Inc.
Original title Bent
Directors Elizabeth West, Sean Mathias
Writers Martin Sherman

Cast

Lothaire Bluteau

as Horst

Clive Owen

as Max

Brian Webber

as Rudy

Ian McKellen

as Uncle Freddie

Mick Jagger

as Greta / George

Paul Bettany

as Captain

Paul Kynman

as Corporal

Rupert Graves

as Officer on Train

Jude Law

as Stormtrooper

Richard Laing

as SS Guard

Crispian Belfrage

as SS Guard

Stefan Marling

as SS Captain

Suzanne Bertish

as Half-Woman - Half-Man

Gresby Nash

as Waiter

David Meyer

as Gestapo Man

Johanna Kirby

as Muttering Woman

David Phelan

as Fluff in Park

Holly Davidson

as Girl on Train

Peter Stark

as Guard on Train #1

Charlie Watts

as Guard on Train #2

Rupert Penry-Jones

as Guard on Road

Rachel Weisz

as Prostitute

Geraldine Sherman

as Prostitute

Sadie Frost

as Max's Friend

Lou Gish

as Max's Friend

Mary Davidson

as Max's Friend

Simon Hammerstein

as Max's Friend

Johan Johnstone

as Max's Friend

Chris Karlitz

as Max's Friend

Mark Misauer

as Max's Friend

Howard Sacks

as Max's Friend

Mandy Stone

as Max's Friend

William Stone

as Max's Friend

Daisy de Villeneuve

as Max's Friend

Poppy de Villeneuve

as Max's Friend

Jan de Villeneuve

as Max's Friend

Helen Whitehouse

as Max's Friend

Zed

as Max's Friend

Wayne McGregor

as Choreographer