Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.
Directed by Sean Mathias
nazi
concentration camp prisoner
based on play or musical
gay theme
bitter
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.6 / 5
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Cast
Lothaire Bluteau
Horst
Clive Owen
Max
Ian McKellen
Uncle Freddie
Mick Jagger
Greta / George
Paul Bettany
Captain
Paul Kynman
Corporal
Rupert Graves
Officer on Train
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Wolf
Jude Law
Stormtrooper
Richard Laing
SS Guard
Crispian Belfrage
SS Guard
Stefan Marling
SS Captain
Crew
Sean Mathias
Director
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Giorgos Arvanitis
Director of Photography
Sean Mathias
Co-Producer
Andy Pryor
Casting
Mike Prestwood Smith
ADR Mixer
Matthew Twyford
Compositing Artist
Popular Reviews
46 reviews
Lauren Lothschutz
7.0★ · 03/21/26
such a beautifully tragic movie about self acceptance and realizing your love for someone just when it’s too late for it to matter
such a beautifully tragic movie about self acceptance and realizing your love for someone just when it’s too late for it to matter
Mimi
9.0★ · 03/20/26
"I never held you before, I wont let you drop" Nunca había sentido tanto pánico viendo una película Todo porque no le gustaban las sardinas
"I never held you before, I wont let you drop" Nunca había sentido tanto pánico viendo una película Todo porque no le gustaban las sardinas
mimi
8.0★ · 03/14/26
we did it. fucking guards, fucking camp. we did it. they're not going to kill us. we made love. we were real. we were human. we made love. they're not going to kill us.
we did it. fucking guards, fucking camp. we did it. they're not going to kill us. we made love. we were real. we were human. we made love. they're not going to kill us.
Ashley Lam
10.0★ · 02/10/26
This is a beautiful movie
This is a beautiful movie
Harvie
The way films of concentration camps hurt every time like for the first one. You can watch ten, hundred or even thousand works on that topic — it’ll be still one of the most heartbreaking and aching themes for cinematography.
The way films of concentration camps hurt every time like for the first one. You can watch ten, hundred or even thousand works on that topic — it’ll be still one of the most heartbreaking and aching themes for cinematography.
