---
title: 'Bent (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sean Mathias'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 108
certification: 'NC-17'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bent-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118698/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bent (1997)

1997 · NC-17 · 108 min · Drama · United Kingdom, Japan


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sean Mathias](https://cinepixo.com/people/sean-mathias)
- **Screenplay:** [Martin Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-sherman-2)
- **Producer:** [Martin Sherman](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-sherman-2)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Philip Glass](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-glass)
- **Director of Photography:** [Giorgos Arvanitis](https://cinepixo.com/people/giorgos-arvanitis)
- **Editor:** [Isabelle Lorente](https://cinepixo.com/people/isabelle-lorente)

## Cast

- [Ian McKellen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ian-mckellen)
- [Mick Jagger](https://cinepixo.com/people/mick-jagger)
- [Clive Owen](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-owen)
- [Sadie Frost](https://cinepixo.com/people/sadie-frost)
- [Paul Bettany](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-bettany)
- [Rachel Weisz](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-weisz)
- [David Meyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-meyer)
- [Rupert Penry-Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-penry-jones)
- [Crispian Belfrage](https://cinepixo.com/people/crispian-belfrage)
- [Jude Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/jude-law)
- [Nikolaj Coster-Waldau](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikolaj-coster-waldau)
- [Lothaire Bluteau](https://cinepixo.com/people/lothaire-bluteau)
- [Holly Davidson](https://cinepixo.com/people/holly-davidson)
- [Rupert Graves](https://cinepixo.com/people/rupert-graves)

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