The Happy Prince
At the end of the 19th century, dandy Oscar Wilde is the darling of London society – witty, humorous and scandalous. However, his open homosexuality is too much for the times in which he lives and he is sent to prison. Impoverished and stricken by ill health at the time of his release, he goes into exile in Paris. After a half-hearted attempt to reconcile with his wife, he resumes his relationship with the young Lord Douglas, which plunges him into total disaster. All he has left are his fanciful stories, with which he conquers the affection of two street boys. Supported by loyal friends who try to protect him from his own excesses, he manages to retain his charm and irony to the bitter end: "Either this hideous wallpaper goes – or I do ..."
Written and directed by Rupert Everett, who also plays the leading role, this biopic focuses on the last years of the once celebrated and later disgraced writer. Flashbacks and associative dream images depict him as the eccentric bon vivant he was to remain throughout his life in a portrait that expands to become a panorama of the emerging modern era.
Source: 68. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Music
Cast
- Oscar Wilde
- Reggie Turner
- Constance Wilde
- Robbie Ross
- Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas
- Managerin des Café Concert
- Dr. Tucker
- Robbie Ross
- Pater Dunne
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Lighting design
Production design
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Sound
Casting
Music
Cast
- Oscar Wilde
- Reggie Turner
- Constance Wilde
- Robbie Ross
- Lord Alfred "Bosie" Douglas
- Managerin des Café Concert
- Dr. Tucker
- Robbie Ross
- Pater Dunne
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Co-Producer
Executive producer
Original distributor
Funding
Shoot
- 20.09.2016 - November 2016: Thurnau, Kulmbach, Mitwitz, Schmölz
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 24.04.2018, 178520, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (US): 21.01.2018, Park City, Utah, Sundance Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 17.02.2018, Berlin, IFF - Berlinale Special;
Kinostart (DE): 24.05.2018
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) The Happy Prince
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 24.04.2018, 178520, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (US): 21.01.2018, Park City, Utah, Sundance Film Festival;
Erstaufführung (DE): 17.02.2018, Berlin, IFF - Berlinale Special;
Kinostart (DE): 24.05.2018
Awards
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
- Beste Produktion (ex aequo >Grießnockerlaffäre<)