1960DramaHistory2h 5m

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

This man… This Oscar Wilde!

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.

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StatusReleased
Original Languageen

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london, englandhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookcourt casesex scandalmale friendshipbiographybased on true storysodomybased on play or musicalrise and fallvictorian englandmale homosexualityplaywrightmale prostitutionbrighton, englandsexual repressionhusband wife estrangementjury trialfall from grace19th centuryfather son relationshipmother son relationshiptheatre historygay historysocial prejudicepersecuted writerbritish literaturegay themegay artistlegal scandalliterature historygay coupleirish writerdifamation

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