For English actor Dirk Bogarde (1921-1999), there were unhappy early years, sent away by his parents to live with relatives in Scotland; the profound impact of his service in World War II, particularly the horror and revulsion he felt upon entering the just liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; and a lifetime of having to hide his homosexuality and deny his decades-long relationship with another actor, both to avoid criminal charges in his home country and to preserve his career.