The Picture of Dorian Gray (1918 film)
Encyclopedia
The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1918
Hungarian
drama film
directed by Alfréd Deésy
and featuring Béla Lugosi
. It is based on Oscar Wilde
's novel of the same name
.
1918 in film
The year 1918 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Following litigation for anti-trust activities, the US Supreme Court orders the Motion Picture Patents Company to disband....
Hungarian
Cinema of Hungary
Hungary has had a notable cinema industry from the beginning of the 20th century, with Hungarians who affected the world of motion picture both inside and outside the borders...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Alfréd Deésy
Alfréd Deésy
Alfréd Deésy was a Hungarian film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed 77 films between 1915 and 1947...
and featuring Béla Lugosi
Béla Lugosi
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
. It is based on Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
's novel of the same name
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only published novel by Oscar Wilde, appearing as the lead story in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine on 20 June 1890, printed as the July 1890 issue of this magazine...
.
Cast
- Norbert Dán - Dorian Gray
- Béla LugosiBéla LugosiBéla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó , commonly known as Bela Lugosi, was a Hungarian actor of stage and screen. He was best known for having played Count Dracula in the Broadway play and subsequent film version, as well as having starred in several of Ed Wood's low budget films in the last years of his...
- Lord Henry Wotton (as Arisztid Olt) - Lajos Gellért - Jim (as Viktor Kurd)
- Annie Góth - Princess Marborough
- Ella Hollán
- Richard Kornay - The prince
- Ila LóthIla LóthIla Lóth was a Hungarian film actress. She appeared in 27 films between 1918 and 1973.She was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Budapest.-Selected filmography:* Az Élet királya...
- Sibyl Vane - Gusztáv Turán - Basil Hallward
- Camilla von HollayCamilla von HollayCamilla von Hollay was a Hungarian film actress of the silent era. She appeared in 44 films between 1917 and 1930.She was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Budapest.-Selected filmography:...
- Hetti (as Kamilla Hollay)