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Bent

Play trailer Poster for Bent NC-17 1997 1h 57m Drama LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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In the 1930s Berlin, homosexual Max sleeps with German officer Wolf, only to see him killed by his fellow Nazis the next morning. Fleeing with his boyfriend, Rudy, Max is eventually caught and forced to beat his partner to death on a train to prove they have no connection. He's then sent to Dachau concentration camp and meets Horst, a proud gay man also bound for the camp. Despite their harsh surroundings, the two fall in love.
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Bent juggles heavy topics with style, though its heavy-handedness at times feels more like exploitation than exploration.

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Emanuel Levy Variety 04/18/2006
C+
The screen version of Sherman's play about homosexuals in Nazi Germany shows that tyro director Mathias doesn't know much about film for his erratic approach and inconsistent style bring out the play's weaknesses, though the acting is good. Go to Full Review Mike Clark USA Today 01/01/2000
2.5/4
Among notable players, Ian McKellen from the original play 19 years ago and Mick Jagger, who plays Berlin's reigning drag queen. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
2/4
The material is not worthy of its setting. Go to Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos 01/31/2023
There’s something too well-fed in that final moment... Go to Full Review Jan Stuart The Advocate 04/05/2022
Bent shrewdly underscores the ways in which the camps reflected the hierarchy of prejudice that exists to this day. Go to Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 01/21/2019
2.5/4
It's easy to see why playwright Martin Sherman's 1979 Bent was such a groundbreaking theatrical achievement and almost as easy to understand why the 1997 film adaptation failed to gain the same traction. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 Jul 24 Pride in 1 hour and 57 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Only for adult audiences 18 and older!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $418,200.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more PridePosterStudios @RT04271525 09/20/2023 A harrowing and powerful watch. See more Daniel O @RT03386531 04/28/2023 Different take on the Holucaust. Good adaptation of the play. See more J T @J_view 12/29/2020 Great cast... however, sad reminder of the horror that gays & Jewish people faced. See more 02/20/2020 A stellar performance by all. See more 02/27/2017 Bent takes a look inside the concentration camp for the homosexuals and how the prisoners tried to survive in extremely harsh conditions. My only problem with Bent is the lack of sympathetic note for the characters, they partly brought their fate upon themselves, but otherwise it is a tale of courage and strength against oppression. See more Read all reviews
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Sean Mathias

Director

Clive Owen

Max

Lothaire Bluteau

Horst

Brian Webber

Rudy

Ian McKellen

Uncle Freddie

Mick Jagger

Greta

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Synopsis In the 1930s Berlin, homosexual Max sleeps with German officer Wolf, only to see him killed by his fellow Nazis the next morning. Fleeing with his boyfriend, Rudy, Max is eventually caught and forced to beat his partner to death on a train to prove they have no connection. He's then sent to Dachau concentration camp and meets Horst, a proud gay man also bound for the camp. Despite their harsh surroundings, the two fall in love.
Director
Sean Mathias
Producer
Michael Solinger, Dixie Linder
Screenwriter
Martin Sherman
Production Co
Channel Four Films
Rating
NC-17
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 12, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$418.2K
Runtime
1h 57m
Sound Mix
Surround
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