Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Mar 26, 1985

2h 0m

★ 0.0

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

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Cast

Michael Gambon

Robin McCallum

Tim Hardy

Karl Howman

John Hudson

Bryan Murray

Nick Reding

Emily Richard

Norman Rodway

Michael Pennington

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Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

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