Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

(1985)

★ 6.8 IMDb · 45 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1985

Runtime: 120 мин

Director: Henry Herbert

Cast: Майкл Гэмбон, Robin McCallum, Tim Hardy, Karl Howman, John Hudson, Bryan Murray, Nick Reding, Emily Richard, Norman Rodway, Майкл Пеннингтон

Plot

As in earlier Oscar Wilde biopics, this version preoccupies itself with the homosexuality scandal involving Lord Alfred Douglas and his lordship's political powerful father, the Marquis of Queensbury. Arrested for corrupting Lord Douglas' morals, Wilde spends a debilitating five years in Reading Gaol, emerging a shattered shell of his former self