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The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1988)
Directed by Richard Kwietniowski
Drama · 42m
Oscar Wilde’s famous and eloquent defence of love – made while he was being cross-examined at the trial that led to his incarceration and death – is strikingly illustrated, word by word, with Mapplethorpe-like imagery.
Cast
Quentin Crisp
Crew
- Director
- Richard Kwietniowski
- Writer
- Richard Kwietniowski, Oscar Wilde
- Director of Photography
- Oliver Curtis
- Original Music Composer
- Bob Locke, Tim Norfolk, Richard Grassby-Lewis
- Editor
- Peter Webber
Details
- Release date
- 1988-11-08
- Runtime
- 42m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Production
- Arts Council of Great Britain
- Budget
- $500,000