Bent (1997)
Berlin 1934: In der Nacht vor dem Röhm Putsch feiert man in Gretas Club die letzte Party. Auch der lebenslustige Max und sein Freund Rudy lieben das schwule Nachtleben. Es ist die berüchtigte Nacht der langen Messer. Max und Rudy können fliehen, werden aber gestellt und nach Dachau deportiert. Im Zug ins Konzentrationslager lernt Max von dem Mitgefangenen Horst mit der neuen Ordnung zurechtzukommen. Um zu überleben, tut er, was die Gestapo verlangt, verleugnet seine Homosexualität. Durch seine Verbundenheit mit Horst begreift Max, dass in der Beziehung zwischen zwei Menschen weniger die körperliche Liebe als vielmehr Vertrauen und Nähe wichtig ist.
Der Regisseur:
Sean Mathias
Der Autor:
Martin Sherman
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Lothaire Bluteau as Horst |
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Clive Owen as Max |
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Brian Webber as Rudy |
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Ian McKellen as Uncle Freddie |
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Mick Jagger as Greta / George |
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Paul Bettany as Captain |
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Paul Kynman as Corporal |
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Rupert Graves as Officer on Train |
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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Wolf |
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Jude Law as Stormtrooper |
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Richard Laing as SS Guard |
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Crispian Belfrage as SS Guard |
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Stefan Marling as SS Captain |
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Suzanne Bertish as Half-Woman - Half-Man |
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Gresby Nash as Waiter |
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David Meyer as Gestapo Man |
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Johanna Kirby as Muttering Woman |
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David Phelan as Fluff in Park |
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Holly Davidson as Girl on Train |
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Peter Stark as Guard on Train #1 |
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Charlie Watts as Guard on Train #2 |
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Rupert Penry-Jones as Guard on Road |
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Rachel Weisz as Prostitute |
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Geraldine Sherman as Prostitute |
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Sadie Frost as Max's Friend |
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Lou Gish as Max's Friend |
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Mary Davidson as Max's Friend |
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Simon Hammerstein as Max's Friend |
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Johan Johnstone as Max's Friend |
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Chris Karlitz as Max's Friend |
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Mark Misauer as Max's Friend |
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Howard Sacks as Max's Friend |
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Mandy Stone as Max's Friend |
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William Stone as Max's Friend |
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Daisy de Villeneuve as Max's Friend |
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Poppy de Villeneuve as Max's Friend |
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Jan de Villeneuve as Max's Friend |
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Helen Whitehouse as Max's Friend |
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Zed as Max's Friend |
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Wayne McGregor as Choreographer |
| Directing | Sean Mathias | Director |
| Writing | Martin Sherman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Martin Sherman | Theatre Play |
| Sound | Philip Glass | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Isabelle Lorente | Editor |
| Camera | Γιώργος Αρβανίτης | Director of Photography |
| Production | Dixie Linder | Producer |
| Production | Michael Solinger | Producer |
| Production | Andy Pryor | Casting |
| Directing | Elizabeth West | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Stephen Brimson Lewis | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stewart Meachem | Costume Design |
| Camera | Peter Mountain | Still Photographer |
| Production | Hisami Kuroiwa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sean Mathias | Co-Producer |
| Production | Sarah Radclyffe | Executive Producer |
| Production | Martin Sherman | Co-Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lenny Jones | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Love | Hairdresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Trefor Proud | Makeup Artist |
| Visual Effects | John Markwell | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Simon Vickery | Special Effects Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Chris Lyons | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Mike Prestwood Smith | ADR Mixer |
| Art | Andrew Golding | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Matthew Twyford | Compositing Artist |