Bent Page #4

Synopsis: 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 fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride.
Director(s): Sean Mathias
Production: MGM Pictures
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
NC-17
Year:
1997
105 min
1,699 Views


That SS Captain?

-He's the worst bastard in the--

-l know.

-You went down on him?

-l had to, l didn't have any money.

-You touched him?

-No, l just went down on him.

That's what he wanted.

l needed the medicine.

-l'd rather cough.

-You wouldn't.

That bastard.

-ls he queer?

-Who knows?

Just felt like it, maybe.

He could be queer,

but you don't like to think about that.

-You don't want them to be queer.

-l don't.

That's silly.

For once you're right. lt is silly.

There are queer Nazis...

and queer saints, and queer geniuses...

and queer nobodies...

just people.

That's why l'm wearing this triangle.

That's why you should be wearing it.

Do you think the Captain

would let a queer go down on him?

Somebody straight, yeah, even a Jew.

He would kill me if he knew l was a queer.

My yellow star got your medicine.

-Who needs it?

-Then give it back.

Throw it away, why don't you? And die.

l am tired of being told

l should have a pink triangle.

Ever go to the Silhouette?

Yes.

l never saw you there.

You weren't looking.

-Greta's Club?

-No.

Good, you had taste.

The White Mouse?

Sometimes.

l'm surprised you never saw me there.

Did you sunbathe?

l loved to sunbathe.

-ln the nude?

-Of course.

-By the river.

-That's right.

And you never saw me?

Actually, l did.

l saw you by the river.

You were making a fool of yourself...

and l said, ''Some day l'll be at Dachau

with that man, moving rocks.''

l didn't like Berlin.

l mean, l wasn't happy.

But l like it now. l miss it.

We'll go back someday.

-When we get out of here?

-Yes.

We will, won't we?

We have to, don't we?

Yes.

-Horst?

-What?

We could go back together.

You. Jew.

Yes, sir?

Are you feeling better?

Sir?

Your cold?

Yes, sir.

-Remarkable.

-Yes, sir.

Carry on.

You!

-Pervert.

-Yes, sir?

Are you ill?

No, sir.

You have a cough.

No, sir.

Something caught in your throat?

-Yes, sir.

-From breakfast?

Yes, sir.

Carry on.

-You. Pervert.

-Yes, sir?

-You coughed.

-Yes, sir.

-You're not well.

-l am, sir.

l see.

You. Jew.

-Yes, sir?

-Watch.

-Watch, sir?

-Yes. Watch.

You.

-Yes, sir?

-Put down that rock.

Good. Now go for a walk.

A walk, sir?

Yes, a walk.

And you. Jew.

Up here.

Enough.

Now take off your hat.

My hat, sir?

Your hat.

Yes, sir.

You.

-Yes, sir?

-Relax.

-Yes, sir.

-And watch.

Yes, sir.

-You.

-Yes, sir?

Throw your hat away.

Not there.

-Not there, sir?

-No.

Pick it up.

Yes, sir.

Throw it on the fence.

The fence, sir?

The fence.

That's all right.

We'll wait.

Are you better?

Yes, sir.

Nasty cough.

Yes, sir.

On the fence, now!

On the fence. Yes, sir.

You.

Yes, sir?

Are you watching?

Yes, sir.

Good.

-You.

-Yes, sir?

Get your hat.

-Now, sir?

-Now!

Are you sure, sir?

Quite.

Could l do without my hat, sir?

No.

Yes, sir.

He scratched me.

You.

Jew.

Yes, sir?

l hope the medicine helped.

Get rid of the body.

Yes, sir.

No!

No, it's okay. l won't drop you. l'll hold you.

lf l stand at attention, l can hold you.

They'll let me hold you.

l won't let you down.

l never held you before.

l won't let you drop.

You know what?

Horst?

You know what?

l think....

l think l love you.

Don't tell anyone.

Don't worry about the rocks.

l won't drop you, l promise.

l think l loved....

Can't remember his name.

A dancer.

l think l loved him, too.

Don't be jealous.

You're safe.

l won't drop you.

l love you.

What's wrong with that?

Oh, my God!

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Martin Sherman

For the actor also credited as Martin T. Sherman, see Martin Sherman (actor)Martin Gerald Sherman (born December 22, 1938) is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 60 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his play Bent, which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust. Bent was a Tony nominee for Best Play in 1980 and won the Dramatists Guild's Hull-Warriner Award. It was adapted by Sherman for a major motion picture in 1997 and later by independent sources as a ballet in Brazil. Sherman is an openly gay Jew, and many of his works dramatize "outsiders," dealing with the discrimination and marginalization of minorities whether "gay, female, foreign, disabled, different in religion, class or color." He has lived and worked in London since 1980. more…

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