Title: Bent
Subtitle: A Play
First published: October 1979
Description: A horrifically beautiful story about the power of love. . .and how it can conquer even the Third Reich. . .

The arts flourished in pre-WWII Germany.  The Nazis brought it all to a crashing end.  A love story, in this instance a love between men, about how the power of the mind can resist the physical, psychological, and emotional cruelty put forth.  Written originally (I believe) as a stage play, the script was adapted & made into film  (1997) starring  Clive Owen & Lothaire Bluteau. . .two Dachau prison camp inmates.  One (Horst/Bluteau) wears his pink triangle (symbolizing his being homosexual) proudly while the other (Max/Owen) conceals his homosexuality by wearing the gold Star of David.  In the end, their love conquers all but death.  Stong. Powerful.  Read the play before you watch the film.
Subjects: Drama, Gay men, History, Theater, American drama (dramatic works by one author), LGBTQ plays, Holocaust
Time periods: The Holocaust, World War II
LC classification: PS3569.H433 B4