Процесс над Оскаром Уайльдом

«Nearly a lifetime ago a legend walked the streets of London. His name was Oscar Wilde. His story was whispered over polite tea-cups and spat out in vulgar black banner headlines. To some he was a joke in bad taste, to others he was a human tragedy. Whatever they thought of him, they couldn't ignore him. And it took another lifetime to find the courage to put his story on the screen. So important is his story that the world was searched to find actors capable of enacting this great personal tragedy. Such world greats as Peter Finch, Yvonne Mitchell, James Mason, Nigel Patrick and a host of others. So big is this story it had to be in Technirama and Technicolor.»

Любовь писателя Оскара Уайльда к лорду Альфреду Дугласу была запретной, страстной и оттого разрушительной. Когда отец Альфреда обвинил Уайльда в гомосексуализме, тот подал в суд за клевету. Но процесс в защиту Оскара Уайльда вскоре вылился в процесс над Оскаром Уайльдом, который ничего не оставил от прежней жизни писателя, где были семья, свобода и возможность творить.