Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)
2h
Running Time
March 26, 1985Release Date
Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)
2h
Running Time
March 26, 1985Release Date
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
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Details.
Release DateMarch 26, 1985
StatusReleased
Running Time2h
Wiki.
Oscar is a British TV serial first transmitted by BBC 2 in March 1985. All three episodes were directed by Henry Herbert, 17th Earl of Pembroke. Michael Gambon portrayed Oscar Wilde while other actors included Robin Lermitte as Lord Alfred Douglas, Tim Hardy as Alfred Taylor, Emily Richard as Constance Wilde and Norman Rodway as the Marquis of Queensberry. The serial concentrated on Wilde's trials and time in prison.