Film · Drama

Forbidden Passion: The Oscar Wilde Movie (1985)

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

Director

Henry Herbert

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Release date

March 26, 1985