Project Detail

The Happy Prince

Synopsis

The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of writer Oscar Wilde: a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the car crash of his life with detachment and humour.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - Premieres - World premiere

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Features
Running time
105 mins
Director
Rupert Everett 1st Feature
Producer
Sébastien Delloye, Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze
Co-Producer
Carlo Degli Esposti, Nicola Serra, Frank Evers
Executive Producer
Azim Bolkiah, Connie Filippello, Ged Doherty, Colin Firth, Andreas Zielke, Sébastien Delloye, Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Zygi Kamasa, Nick Manzi, Thorsten Ritter, Dirk Schürhoff, Herbert G. Kloiber, Markus Zimmer
Editor
Nicolas Gaster
Screenwriter
Rupert Everett
Director of Photography
John Conroy
Production Designer
Brian Morris
Composer
Gabriel Yared
Principal cast
Colin Firth, Emily Watson, Colin Morgan, Edwin Thomas, Rupert Everett

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Germany, Belgium, Italy, UK coproduction

A Maze Pictures (DE) and Entre Chien et Loup (BE) production in coproduction with Palomar (IT), Cine Plus Filmproduktion (DE), Tele München Group (DE), Proximus (BE), RTBF (BE) in association with BBC Films (UK); Lionsgate UK (UK), Movie Management Corporation, Daryl Prince Productions (UK), Zielke (DE), Strat & Go International, Raindog Films (UK)

Raindog Films

Lucy Wainwright
4th Floor, 18 Broadwick Street
London
W1F 8HS

Daryl Prince Productions

c/o Archerfield Partners LLP

Sales Company

Beta Cinema

Gruenwalder Weg 28D
82041 Oberhaching - Munich
Germany

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