The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The man with the green carnation (Original Title: The Trials of Oscar Wilde or The Man with the Green Carnation ) is a British film by Ken Hughes in 1960, he treated the trials and sentencing of the writer Oscar Wilde.. The man with the green carnation appeared shortly after published in the same month film Oscar Wilde, who covers the same subject. In Germany he appeared on 22 March 1962.

Action

The film begins with the premiere of Lady Windermere's Fan, Oscar Wilde's breakthrough as a playwright. The focus is on the three court cases in 1895, at the end of Wilde to two years in prison was convicted. The film ends with Oscar Wilde's release from prison and his farewell to his wife and his closest friends before he goes into exile in France.

Background

The screenplay by Ken Hughes is based on the 1948 published book The Trials of Oscar Wilde by H. Montgomery Hyde and the play The Stringed Lute by John Furnell. Oscar Wilde's son Vyvyan Holland and Lord Cecil Douglas, a nephew of Lord Alfred Douglas, who worked as a consultant for the film.

Reviews

The man with the green carnation received mostly positive reviews. Especially in comparison with the almost simultaneously released Black and White Film Oscar Wilde he cut in both the assessment of the script and the performances of the actors performed well. Criticized a tendency to heroize Wilde and to gloss over his life.

Nominations and awards

  • British Academy Film Awards 1961
  • Best British Actor: Peter Finch
  • Golden Globe Award 1961
  • Samuel Goldwyn Award ( Best Foreign Language Film in English)
  • Moscow International Film Festival 1961
  • Best Actor: Peter Finch
  • Best Art Direction: Bill Constable and Terence Morgan
  • British Academy Film Awards 1961
  • Best British Actor: John Fraser
  • Best Film and Best British film
  • Best British Screenplay: Ken Hughes
  • Moscow International Film Festival 1961
  • Grand Prix: Ken Hughes
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