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

Starring

Henry Herbert, Michael Gambon, Robin McCallum, Tim Hardy, Karl Howman, John Hudson

Director

Henry Herbert