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The Importance of Being Oscar

  • TV Movie
  • 2019
  • 1h 24m
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The Importance of Being Oscar (2019)
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A star-studded account of Oscar Wilde's glittering and controversial career before his trial for homosexual crimes and tragic fall from grace. With scenes from his greatest work.A star-studded account of Oscar Wilde's glittering and controversial career before his trial for homosexual crimes and tragic fall from grace. With scenes from his greatest work.A star-studded account of Oscar Wilde's glittering and controversial career before his trial for homosexual crimes and tragic fall from grace. With scenes from his greatest work.

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    • Richard Curson Smith
  • Stars
    • Anna Chancellor
    • Anna Devlin
    • James Fleet
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    • Director
      • Richard Curson Smith
    • Stars
      • Anna Chancellor
      • Anna Devlin
      • James Fleet
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    Anna Chancellor
    Anna Chancellor
    • Lady Bracknell
    Anna Devlin
    • Virginia…
    James Fleet
    James Fleet
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    Freddie Fox
    Freddie Fox
    • Various
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
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    Alice Orr-Ewing
    Alice Orr-Ewing
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    Nicholas Rowe
    Nicholas Rowe
    • Oscar Wilde
    Ed Stoppard
    Ed Stoppard
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      • Richard Curson Smith
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      • April 20, 2019 (United Kingdom)
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      • United Kingdom
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      • English
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      • Castle Hedingham, Halstead, UK
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