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The Trials of Oscar Wilde

“This man… This Oscar Wilde!”

Director
Ken Hughes
Year
1960
Runtime
2h 5m
Release
1960
Language
en
Country
GB

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01 · Overview

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The story

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

  • #difamation
  • #gay theme
  • #gay history
  • #father son relationship
  • #sodomy
  • #mother son relationship
  • #male prostitution
  • #19th century
  • #persecuted writer
  • #playwright
  • #sexual repression
  • #social prejudice

  • Directed by

    Ken Hughes

  • Written by

    Ken Hughes

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