Wilde (1997)

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Directed by

Brian Gilbert

Starring (View all)

Stephen Fry
Oscar Wilde

Jude Law
Lord Alfred Douglas

Vanessa Redgrave
Lady 'Speranza' Wilde

Jennifer Ehle
Constance Wilde

Gemma Jones
Lady Queensberry

Judy Parfitt
Lady Mount-Temple

Michael Sheen
Robbie Ross

Zoë Wanamaker
Ada Leverson 'Sphinx'

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Richard Ellmann
(book)

Julian Mitchell

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Description: The Irish writer Oscar Wilde returns to London from America and gets married with Constance Lloyd Wilde in the Victorian England. They have two children, Cyril and Vyvyan, and he makes lots of money with his successful plays. He gets close to the young Robbie Ross and "leaves the closet", assuming his homosexuality and having brief affairs with youths. When he meets the corrupt Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas, he falls in love for the young man; but Bosie's father goes to the court accusing the writer "posing sodomite" and Wilde is sentenced to two years of hard labor. His health is affected by the unhealthy cond ... (more)

Release date: 15 October 1997
UPC: 043396022973