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

Release Date: 26 Nov 1997

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Drama, History, Romance

Director: ASK Kodansha, NDF Inc., Film4 Productions

Production Companies: ASK Kodansha, NDF Inc., Film4 Productions

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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (142 votes)

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
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