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Overview
Release Date:
26 November 1997 (USA) morePlot:
Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Bertolucci's Film To Be Released Uncut, Says Fox Searchlight (From Studio Briefing. 13 January 2004)
Valenti Defends Nc-17 Rating For Bent (From Studio Briefing. 6 October 1997)
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I am in awe moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Clive Owen | ... | Max | |
| Lothaire Bluteau | ... | Horst | |
| Ian McKellen | ... | Uncle Freddie | |
| Nikolaj Coster-Waldau | ... | Wolf (as Nikolaj Waldau) | |
| Mick Jagger | ... | Greta / George | |
| Brian Webber | ... | Rudy | |
| Jude Law | ... | Stormtrooper | |
| Gresby Nash | ... | Waiter | |
| Suzanne Bertish | ... | Half-woman, half-man | |
| David Meyer | ... | Gestapo man | |
| Stefan Marling | ... | SS Captain | |
| Richard Laing | ... | SS guard | |
| Crispian Belfrage | ... | SS guard | |
| Johanna Kirby | ... | Muttering woman | |
| David Phelan | ... | Fluff in park |
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Rated NC-17 for a strong scene of graphic sexuality.Parents Guide:
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Canada:18A (Alberta) | Finland:K-18 | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Brazil:14 | Germany:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:NC-17 | USA:R (cut) | Portugal:M/16MOVIEmeter: 
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Ian McKellen, who appears as Uncle Freddie in the film, starred in the role of Max in the original London West End theatre production in 1979. moreSoundtrack:
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I sat down to watch this movie, and I was completely drawn into it. By the end, i thought that only 15 minutes had passed instead of an hour and a half. The subject matter (homosexual persecution during the Holocaust) was approached with the right amount of dignity and respect. Bent, furthermore, has the most powerful and original love scene that I have ever seen. I do feel that it needed more character development, but regardless it is an intensely psychological and powerful movie.