Bent (film)

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Bent
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sean Mathias
Produced by	Michael Solinger Dixie Linder Martin Sherman
Written by	Martin Sherman
Starring	Clive Owen Lothaire Bluteau Ian McKellen Brian Webber II Mick Jagger
Music by	Philip Glass
Cinematography	Yorgos Arvanitis
Editing by	Isabelle Lorente
Studio	Channel Four Films
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (US DVD)
Release dates	November 26, 1997 (1997-11-26)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United Kingdom Japan
Language	English
Box office	$496,059

Bent is a 1997 British/Japanese drama film directed by Sean Mathias, based on the 1979 play of the same name by Martin Sherman, who also wrote the screenplay. It revolves around the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany after the murder of SA leader Ernst Röhm on the Night of the Long Knives.

Plot

Max (Clive Owen) is a promiscuous gay man living in 1930s Berlin. He is at odds with his wealthy family because of his homosexuality. One evening, much to the resentment of his boyfriend, Rudy (Brian Webber II), Max brings home a handsome SA man (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau). Unfortunately, he does so on the Night of the Long Knives, when Hitler ordered the assassination of upper echelon SA corps. The Sturmabteilung man is discovered and killed by SS men in Max and Rudy's apartment, and the two have to flee Berlin.

Max's Uncle Freddie (Ian McKellen) has organised new papers for Max, but Max refuses to leave his boyfriend behind. As a result, Max and Rudy are found and arrested by the Gestapo and put on a train headed for Dachau. On the train, Rudy is brutally beaten to death by the guards. As Rudy calls out to Max when he is taken away, Max lies to the guards, denying he is gay. In the camp, Max falls in love with Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), who shows him the dignity that lies in acknowledging one's beliefs.

Cast

Clive Owen as Max
Lothaire Bluteau as Horst
Ian McKellen as Uncle Freddie
Brian Webber II as Rudy
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Wolf
Mick Jagger as Greta
Jude Law as Stormtrooper
Paul Bettany as Captain
Rachel Weisz as Prostitute

Reception

Bent has an overall approval rating of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes.^[1]

Awards

1997: Won Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival
1998: Won Best Feature Film in the Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival

References

↑ "Rotten Tomatoes". Retrieved 2010-09-05.

External links

Bent at the Internet Movie Database
Bent at Box Office Mojo

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