Bent (1997)

Directed by

Sean Mathias

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United Kingdom, Japan

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

18

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 157 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gay man in 1930s Germany tries to evade Nazi persecution after the murder of Ernst Röhm. He faces brutal choices to survive the horrors of a concentration camp.

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What happens

Bent is a 1997 drama film directed by Sean Mathias, based on the 1979 play of the same name by Martin Sherman, who also wrote the screenplay. It revolves around the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany after the murder of SA leader Ernst Röhm on the Night of the Long Knives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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