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Dorian Gray

Original title: Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray
  • 19701970
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  • 1h 33m
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5.8/10
1.2K
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Dorian Gray (1970)
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
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A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
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    • Massimo Dallamano
  • Writers
    • Marcello Coscia
    • Massimo Dallamano
    • Günter Ebert
  • Stars
    • Helmut Berger
    • Richard Todd
    • Herbert Lom
    • Massimo Dallamano
  • Writers
    • Marcello Coscia
    • Massimo Dallamano
    • Günter Ebert
  • Stars
    • Helmut Berger
    • Richard Todd
    • Herbert Lom
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 30User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
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    Helmut Berger and Maria Rohm in Dorian Gray (1970)
    Helmut Berger and Herbert Lom in Dorian Gray (1970)
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    Helmut Berger and Marie Liljedahl in Dorian Gray (1970)
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    Helmut Berger
    Helmut Berger
    • Dorian Gray
    Richard Todd
    Richard Todd
    • Basil
    Herbert Lom
    Herbert Lom
    • Henry Wotton
    Marie Liljedahl
    Marie Liljedahl
    • Sybil
    Margaret Lee
    Margaret Lee
    • Gwendolyn
    Maria Rohm
    Maria Rohm
    • Alice
    Beryl Cunningham
    Beryl Cunningham
    • Adrienne
    Isa Miranda
    Isa Miranda
    • Mrs. Ruxton
    Eleonora Rossi Drago
    Eleonora Rossi Drago
    • Esther
    Renato Romano
    Renato Romano
    • Alan
    Stewart Black
    • James Vane
    Peter Evans
    • Man on Street
    • (uncredited)
    Iris Fry
    • Charity Worker
    • (uncredited)
    Juba Kennerley
    Juba Kennerley
    • Art Gallery Visitor
    • (uncredited)
    Renzo Marignano
    • Pornografic Editor
    • (uncredited)
    Dido Plumb
    • Bus Passenger
    • (uncredited)
    Bobby Rhodes
    Bobby Rhodes
    • Man in white polo shirt
    • (uncredited)
    John Tatham
    John Tatham
    • Charity Volunteer at Retirement Home
    • (uncredited)
      • Massimo Dallamano
    • Writers
      • Marcello Coscia
      • Massimo Dallamano
      • Günter Ebert
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    • Trivia
      Richard Todd said in interviews that he had no idea this film featured nudity until he discovered it was playing at a well-known porn cinema in London.
    • Connections
      Featured in Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-in Monsterama (2016)

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    6/10
    Not As Trashy As Expected
    Much like other sexploitation films of this period, looking back on them can be quaint. They have plenty of nudity, but it's not as if they ever get into hardcore sex. This adaptation of Dorian Gray promises tons of sex and depravity, but its fairly chaste when all is said and done. What's most surprising about it is that it's not a half bad adaptation of the Oscar Wilde story from which it's based.

    Helmut Berger plays Dorian Gray, an impossibly beautiful young man who falls for an actress named Sybil, but as he starts to make it way up through the London society crowd, he no longer has much use for Sybil and after he discards her, she kills herself. This leads Dorian to harden and only rely on his looks until people begin to get suspicious as to why he never seems to age after many years. Perhaps the secret involves a painting hidden away in his attic.

    Despite adding in some sex and nudity to spice things up, this version of Dorian Gray plays out, more or less, like the original story. It might dwell in the sexual depravity a bit more than most adaptations, but at least it works for the story it's telling. It's a bit slow at times, but at least it's trying to tell a somewhat interesting story.
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    • Release date
      • August 17, 1970 (Italy)
      • United Kingdom
      • Italy
      • West Germany
      • English
      • Italian
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    • Filming locations
      • Royal Vauxhall Tavern Pub, London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Sargon Film
      • Terra-Filmkunst
      • Towers of London Productions
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    • 1 hour 33 minutes
      • Mono

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