Bent

In 1934 Berlin on the eve of the Nazi incursion, Max, a grifter and his lover Rudy are recovering from a night of debauchery with an SA trooper

Two soldiers burst into the apartment and slit their guest's throat, beginning a nightmare odyssey through Nazi Germany

Ranked lower on the human scale than Jews, the men as avowed homosexuals, flee

Desperate and on the run, Max asks his own "discreetly" homosexual Uncle Freddie for help as the older man offers little more than suggestions on how to live, as he does, practising homosexuality on the side

Attempting their escape, Rudy is beaten to death as Horst, another homosexual prisoner, warns Max to deny his lover

Taken to a death camp at Dachau, Max and Horst branded with the "pink triangle", hope to survive with each other for comfort and courage but it is not to be

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