Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsABFFPride MonthOutfest OutfrontsSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Bent

  • 1997
  • NC-17
  • 1h 45m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
8.6K
YOUR RATING
Lothaire Bluteau and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny he is gay and gets a yellow label (the one for Jews) instead of pink (the one for gays). In camp he falls in love with his fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride.
Play trailer2:30
1 Video
33 Photos
DramaHistoryRomance

In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.In 1930s Berlin, a gay Jew is sent to a concentration camp under the Nazi regime.

  • Director
    • Sean Mathias
  • Writer
    • Martin Sherman
  • Stars
    • Lothaire Bluteau
    • Clive Owen
    • Mick Jagger
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    8.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Sean Mathias
    • Writer
      • Martin Sherman
    • Stars
      • Lothaire Bluteau
      • Clive Owen
      • Mick Jagger
    • 74User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

    Videos1

    Bent
    Trailer 2:30
    Watch Bent

    Photos33

    Ian McKellen and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
    Lothaire Bluteau and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
    Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
    Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
    Lothaire Bluteau in Bent (1997)
    Lothaire Bluteau in Bent (1997)
    Lothaire Bluteau in Bent (1997)
    Mick Jagger in Bent (1997)
    Clive Owen and Brian Webber in Bent (1997)
    Ian McKellen and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
    Lothaire Bluteau and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
    Lothaire Bluteau and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Lothaire Bluteau
    Lothaire Bluteau
    • Horst
    Clive Owen
    Clive Owen
    • Max
    Mick Jagger
    Mick Jagger
    • Greta
    Brian Webber
    Brian Webber
    • Rudy
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    • Wolf
    • (as Nikolaj Waldau)
    Jude Law
    Jude Law
    • Stormtrooper
    Gresby Nash
    • Waiter
    Suzanne Bertish
    Suzanne Bertish
    • Half-Woman - Half-Man
    David Meyer
    • Gestapo Man
    Stefan Marling
    • SS Captain
    Richard Laing
    Richard Laing
    • SS Guard
    Crispian Belfrage
    Crispian Belfrage
    • SS Guard
    Ian McKellen
    Ian McKellen
    • Uncle Freddie
    Johanna Kirby
    • Muttering Woman
    David Phelan
    • Fluff in Park
    Peter Stark
    • Guard 1 on Train
    Rupert Graves
    Rupert Graves
    • Officer on Train
    Charlie Watts
    • Guard 2 on Train
    • Director
      • Sean Mathias
    • Writer
      • Martin Sherman
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    Yossi & Jagger
    7.1
    Yossi & Jagger
    Keep the Lights On
    6.4
    Keep the Lights On
    The Sum of Us
    7.3
    The Sum of Us
    Un amour à taire
    8.1
    Un amour à taire
    Big Eden
    7.3
    Big Eden
    Latter Days
    7.0
    Latter Days
    Undertow
    7.7
    Undertow
    Juste une question d'amour
    7.8
    Juste une question d'amour
    Seventeen
    5.3
    Seventeen
    The Falls
    6.7
    The Falls
    Snails in the Rain
    6.3
    Snails in the Rain
    The Falls: Testament of Love
    6.6
    The Falls: Testament of Love

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Sir Ian McKellen (Uncle Freddie) starred in the role of Max in the original London West End theatre production in 1979.
    • Quotes

      Max: Ever go to the Silhouette?

      Horst: Yes.

      Max: I never saw you there.

      Horst: You weren't looking.

      Max: Greta's Club?

      Horst: No.

      Max: Good, you had taste. The White Mouse?

      Horst: Sometimes.

      Max: I'm surprised you never saw me there. Did you sunbathe?

      Horst: I love to sunbathe.

      Max: In the nude?

      Horst: Of course.

      Max: By the river?

      Horst: That's right.

      Max: And you never saw me?

      Horst: Well, actually I did. I saw you by the river. You were making a fool of yourself, and I said, someday I'll be in Dachau with that man moving rocks.

    • Crazy credits
      The film opens with the main credits revealing like a searchlight.
    • Alternate versions
      For the U.S. release, the sex scenes were toned down from an "NC-17" rating to an "R" rated release. Both versions are available.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Alien Resurrection/Welcome to Sarajevo/Flubber/Public Housing/Bent (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      STREETS OF BERLIN
      Written by Martin Sherman and Philip Glass

      Performed by Mick Jagger, piano by Matt Clifford

    User reviews74

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    powerful
    When Martin Sherman's play first appeared (with Ian McKellen as Max and Tom Bell as Horst) it caused outrage and much discussion with its sympathetic and frank treatment of forbidden love in the age of the SS.

    Here it has undergone a few changes but retains its stark power. Clive Owen (probably not my first choice for the role) plays Max, the homosexual who pretends to be a Jew so he is not at the bottom of the pecking order of prisoners. The way the SS force him to prove his sexuality is shocking whether on the printed page, in a theatre, or up on the big screen. Brian Webber plays his intellectual lover Rudy with some class and it is a brief but touching performance.

    Lothaire Bluteau, who I had only seen before in 'Jesus of Montreal', was brilliant in the role of Horst, the prisoner with the pink triangle who awakens Max again from his imprisoned desires. There are quiet and intense scenes between the two that are almost unbearably moving to watch, and are done within this film extremely well.

    Elsewhere in the cast, Ian McKellen himself plays Uncle Freddie (but those of us who saw him as Max would love to have seen that portrayal immortalised on screen), while Mick Jagger is surprisingly good as Greta (a role which could easily be played wrong but he's spot on).

    This play/film is intended to make its audience confront their prejudices, to shock, move, and inspire them. I think it is an unmissable experience - a difficult one, but worthwhile.
    helpful•67
    12
    • didi-5
    • May 5, 2004

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • November 26, 1997 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Japan
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 生命中不能承受之情
    • Filming locations
      • Dalmellington, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK
    • Production companies
      • Channel Four Films
      • NDF Inc.
      • ASK Kodansha
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $496,059
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $109,243
      • Nov 30, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $496,059
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Lothaire Bluteau and Clive Owen in Bent (1997)
    Top Gap
    By what name was Bent (1997) officially released in India in English?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.