The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)

6.4 | May 28, 1960 (GB) | Drama, History | 02:05

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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.