Dorian Gray (1970)

04/24/1970Horror, Drama, Thriller1h 37m
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He is twenty-one. He has been twenty-one for almost half a century

Overview

London, England. Dorian Gray is a young man who somehow keeps his beauty eternally, while a mysterious portrait of himself gradually reveals his moral decay.

Top Billed Cast

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    Helmut Berger

    Dorian Gray

  2. Cast 1

    Richard Todd

    Basil Hallward

  3. Cast 1

    Herbert Lom

    Henry Wotton

  4. Cast 1

    Marie Liljedahl

    Sybil Vane

  5. Cast 1

    Margaret Lee

    Gwendolyn Wotton

  6. Cast 1

    Maria Rohm

    Alice Campbell

  7. Cast 1

    Beryl Cunningham

    Adrienne

  8. Cast 1

    Isa Miranda

    Mrs. Patricia Ruxton

  9. Cast 1

    Eleonora Rossi Drago

    Esther Clouston

I wonder what the author would make of this? It's crass and vulgar, which might have tickled him, but is also entirely unsophisticated - and I doubt that would have amused him quite so much. It's got a very early seventies look right from the outset with Helmut Berger in the title role - blonde, good looking, living a debauched lifestyle. When he is painted by "Basil" (Richard Todd) - a painting with nothing at all faulty about it; he is so struck by it that he offers to trade his soul for these looks to last eternally. What ensues is a tale of man gorgeous on the outside, but increasingly hid...

Status Released

Original LanguageGerman 

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