The Happy Prince
Written and directed by Rupert Everett, who also plays the leading role, this biopic focuses on the last years of the once celebrated and later disgraced writer. Flashbacks and associative dream images depict him as the eccentric bon vivant he was to remain throughout his life in a portrait that expands to become a panorama of the emerging modern era.
With
- Rupert Everett (Oscar Wilde)
- Colin Morgan (Alfred Bosie Douglas)
- Edwin Thomas (Robbie Ross)
- Colin Firth (Reggie Turner)
- Emily Watson (Constance Holland)
- Tom Wilkinson (Father Dunne)
- Benjamin Voisin (Jean)
- Antonio Spagnuolo (Felice)
- Tom Colley (Maurice Gilbert)
- Béatrice Dalle (Manager Café Concert)
Crew
Written and Directed by | Rupert Everett |
Cinematography | John Conroy |
Editing | Nicolas Gaster |
Music | Gabriel Yared |
Sound Design | Alek Goosse |
Sound | Dirk Bombey |
Production Design | Brian Morris |
Costumes | Maurizio Millenotti, Gianni Casalnuovo |
Make-Up | Luigi Rocchetti |
Assistant Director | Toby Sherborne |
Casting | Celestia Fox |
Producers | Philipp Kreuzer, Jörg Schulze, Sébastien Delloye |
Executive Producers | 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 |
Co-Producers | Carlo Degli Eposti, Nicola Serra, Frank Evers |
Co-Production | Palomar Rom |
World Sales
Beta Cinema
Produced by
Entre Chien et Loup
Sébastien Delloye (Producer), Philipp Kreuzer (Producer), Brian Morris (Production Designer), John Conroy (Director of Photography), Edwin Thomas (Actor), Rupert Everett (Director, Actor, Screenwriter), Emily Watson (Actress), Moderation: Jenni Zylka
The Happy Prince
Berlinale Special · Press Conference · Feb 17, 2018
Rupert Everett
The actor, writer and director was born in Norfolk, UK in 1959 and made his stage debut in a West End production in 1981. Alongside theatre, he has appeared in numerous British and international feature films from Shakespeare in Love (1998) to The Importance of Being Earnest (2002) and Stage Beauty (2004). He was nominated for many awards for his role alongside Julia Roberts in My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997), including a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He has also directed various documentaries including about Richard Burton (2008), Lord Byron and discrimination against homosexuals in Britain. In The Happy Prince, his debut feature film as a director, he also plays the leading role.
Filmography
2017 The Happy Prince
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018