Ein wilder und bewegender Rückblick auf das turbulente Leben des berühmten Schriftstellers Oscar Wilde! Es gab eine Zeit, da wurde Oscar Wilde geliebt: Von den Kritikern, die seine Wortgewandtheit lobten, von den Zuschauern, die seine Stücke verehrten sowie von der Oberschicht, die sich gerne mit ihm schmückte. Doch als Wildes „verabscheuungswürdige“ Liaison mit dem Sohn eines schottischen Adligen ihn für zwei Jahre ins Zuchthaus mit schwerer Zwangsarbeit bringt, kehrt er 1897 als kranker Mann von dort zurück. Im Pariser Exil lässt er nur noch wenige Menschen an sich heran und ein Leben voller Exzesse, genialer Gedanken und voller Liebe Revue passieren. Denn ein Leben ohne Liebe wäre für Oscar Wilde undenkbar gewesen.
England, 1891. Ascending writer Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) meets Lord Alfred Douglas, a young nobleman. Over the years, they will maintain an intimate relationship that will be openly criticized by Alfred's father, the Marquis of Queensberry, in such a harsh way that Wilde, instigated by Alfred, decides to sue Queensberry in 1895, accusing him of defamation.
Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.
C.S. Lewis's biographer A.N. Wilson goes in search of the man behind Narnia, a highly secretive man whose personal life was marked by the loss of the three women he most loved.
Tells the story of the life and multifaceted heritage of Mirza Fatali Akhundzadeh , the founder of Azerbaijani drama, a great public figure, who left an indelible mark on the history of Azerbaijani and Middle Eastern literature . The film depicts three periods of the playwright's life - childhood, youth and old age.
Emmy Award-winning chronicle of the history of Orchard House, the home in Concord, Massachusetts where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women.
Historian Lucy Worsley visits the places and houses in England where Jane Austen spent time and which served as inspiration for the settings of her novels.
Short documentary on the screen depiction and public reception of fictional Chinese-American detective character Charlie Chan, as well as cultural perceptions of Asians during the 1920s and 1930s.