Release Date | 1960-05-29 |
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Runtime | 99 minutes |
Genres | Drama |
Stars | Robert Morley, Ralph Richardson, Phyllis Calvert, John Neville, Dennis Price |
Directors | Gregory Ratoff, Sewell Stokes, Leslie Stokes, Fred Ryan, Georges Périnal |
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.