Dorian Gray (1970)
April 24, 1970Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Helmut Berger
Dorian Gray
Richard Todd
Basil Hallward
Herbert Lom
Henry Wotton
Marie Liljedahl
Sybil Vane
Margaret Lee
Gwendolyn Wotton
Maria Rohm
Alice Campbell
Beryl Cunningham
Adrienne
Maria Rohm
Alice Campbell
Isa Miranda
Mrs. Patricia Ruxton
Eleonora Rossi Drago
Esther Clouston
Renato Romano
Alan Campbell / Writer
Stewart Black
James Vane
Massimo Dallamano
Director / Screenplay
Oscar Wilde
Novel
Harry Alan Towers
Producer
Nicholas Wentworth
Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateApril 24, 1970
Original NameDas Bildnis des Dorian Gray
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
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This Movie Is About.
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Dorian Gray (Italian: Il dio chiamato Dorian, lit. 'The God called Dorian'), also known as The Sins of Dorian Gray and The Secret of Dorian Gray, is a 1970 film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray starring Helmut Berger.
Directed by Massimo Dallamano and produced by Harry Alan Towers, the film stresses the decadence and eroticism of the story and changes the setting to early 1970s London. The sexual liberation of the late 1960s and early 1970s provides a fitting backdrop for Dorian's escapades in this version, and also the general clothing and fashion style of the era is extrapolated into a 1970s version of the aesthetic, decadent world of the 1890s novel.
Critical opinion of the film is decidedly mixed. On the one hand, some consider the film trash and sexploitation, while others point out that the film was shot at a unique time in the 20th century when a new openness about sexuality and its depiction on film allowed showing scenes only vaguely hinted at in the novel and earlier (and also later) movie adaptations.
A marked difference between this version and the novel is the final scene. Instead of Dorian slicing the painting with the knife (thereby inadvertently killing himself), he is seen committing suicide with the knife deliberately.