Oscar Wilde

Name: Oscar Wilde
Genre: Drama
Released: 1960-05-29
Duration: 99 min
Rating: 4.9
Cast: Robert Morley, Ralph Richardson, Phyllis Calvert, John Neville, Dennis Price

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At last it can be told… He shocked the world!

4.9(11 votes)

1960

1h 39m

Drama

biographyvictorian englandperiod dramacourtroom19th centuryportrait of an artistliterary figuresocial prejudicegay theme

Overview

England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.