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

Drama

Production Status

Complete

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

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Daryl Prince Productions

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BBC Films

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Sales Company

Beta Cinema

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