Bent (1997)

105 min · Coming Out, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

Sean Mathias

Cast

Clive Owen, Lothaire Bluteau, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Brian Webber, Jude Law, Rupert Graves, Paul Bettany, Sadie Frost

The story

Max 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, Max brings home a handsome Sturmabteilung (SA) man.

Catalogue themes and tags

Berlin, Closet Homosexual, Concentration Camp, Cruelty, Drag Queen, Grausamkeit, Holocaust, Homosexuality, Jew Persecution, Juden, Municipal Park, Nazi Zeit, Nazis, Repressed Homosexual, Schutzstaffel, Sex unter Männern, Sexuality, Soldatin, Transvestism, Zug, LGBT, Drama, War film

Genres

Coming Out, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Romantic Drama, drama film

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