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Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie

Name: Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie
Director: Henry Herbert
Genre: Drama
Released: 1985-03-26
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Michael Gambon, Robin McCallum, Tim Hardy, Karl Howman, John Hudson

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie poster

Release Date: March 26, 1985

Genre: Drama

Duration: 2h 0m

Director: Henry Herbert

Cast: Michael Gambon, Robin McCallum, Tim Hardy, Karl Howman, John Hudson

Storyline

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