Bent (1997 film)

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Bent
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sean Mathias
Screenplay by	Martin Sherman
Based on	Bent by Martin Sherman
Produced by	Michael Solinger Dixie Linder Martin Sherman
Starring	Lothaire Bluteau Clive Owen Brian Webber Ian McKellen Mick Jagger
Cinematography	Yorgos Arvanitis
Edited by	Isabelle Lorente
Music by	Philip Glass
Production company	Channel Four Films
Distributed by	FilmFour Distributors
Release dates	26 November 1997 (1997-11-26) (USA) 6 March 1998 (1998-03-06) (UK) [1]
Running time	105 minutes
Countries	United Kingdom Japan
Language	English
Box office	$0.5 million

Bent is a 1997 British-Japanese 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.