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Watch The Picture of Dorian Gray (1968) online on iFILM — an early Soviet television take on Oscar Wilde's famous novel about a portrait that ages so its owner never has to.
A painter named Basil captures young Dorian so perfectly that no one can look away. Then Lord Henry, all wit and poison, talks the boy into believing that beauty and pleasure outrank conscience. Dorian makes a wish, and it comes true to the letter. Every year and every sin sinks into the canvas while his mirror stays flawless and his soul rots behind a locked door. Valery Babyatinsky plays Dorian; Yuri Yakovlev gives Lord Henry his lazy, lethal charm.
Directors Viktor Turbin and Nadezhda Marusalova keep the camera tight on faces and on Wilde's lines, so the whole thing plays almost like theatre at home. If you like costume drama with a moral trap hidden inside, this one fits. Stream The Picture of Dorian Gray (1968) online on iFILM.
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