Bent
MGM / UA (1997)
Drama, War
In Collection
#1509
0*
Seen ItYes
027616884725
IMDB   7.3
1 hr 44 mins UK / English
DVD  Region 1   R
Ian McKellen Uncle Freddie
Lothaire Bluteau Horst
Clive Owen Max
Mick Jagger Greta / George
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Wolf
Brian Webber Rudy
Jude Law Stormtrooper
Gresby Nash Waiter
Suzanne Bertish Half-woman, half-man
David Meyer Gestapo man
Director
Sean Mathias
Producer Dixie Linder
Michael Solinger
Hisami Kuroiwa
Sarah Radclyffe
Writer Martin Sherman


"Intense, moving and completely unforgettable!" -Movie Magazine International

Renowned British stage director Sean Mathias directs Martin Sherman's "powerful and proactive" (The New York Times) screenplay about one man's struggle to maintain his dignity while imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp. Featuring exceptional performances by Lothaire Bluteau (Black Robe), Clive Owen (Gosford Park), Brian Webber, Ian McKellen (The Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) and Mick Jagger, Bent will "grab filmgoers by the heart" (Rex Reed)!

Max (Owen) is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Pursued and captured, 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 forbidden relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.
Edition Details
Distributor MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date 6/3/2003
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Surround [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Original Theatrical Trailer