In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol
1979, English. Directed by Mike Healey.
A man in a Liverpool office conjures up the last hours of a condemned prisoner, in this reimagining of Oscar Wilde’s poem, given a non-naturalistic treatment using electronic effects and voiceover narration.
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- 0h 30m
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- English
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- 18 May 1979
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- Oscar Wilde
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In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 18 May 1979. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol?
In Memoriam, or The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1979) was directed by Mike Healey and stars Paul Harman, Val Lilley.