oscar wilde classic be update to the 1970s with disastrous result . dorian gray ( helmut berger ) have his picture paint and and through some circumstance and find his portrait age while he stay young and beautiful . it lead him into a decadent life style which be basically sleep around with any woman he can find . a the year go by his immoral behavior continue while his portrait horribly age . caught this on video year ago . why they try to turn out a virtually porno version of wilde story i will never know . it badly direct with stilted dialogue . berger be very handsome but kind of a blank he say all his line in a monotone . i can not totally blame him english isn not his first language . herbert lom ( obviously desperate for work ) play a gay man who lust after dorian . lom say in an interview many year ago that he never saw the movie after read the review when it come out . marie lijedahl a sylvia isn not half bad and spend a considerable amount of time nude . all in all and this be a movie make for guy who want to look at nude woman . for some reason berger be never show fully nude . in one particularly awkward shot he be naked but his hand be cover his best part . if you want a good adaptation of wilde tale stick to the 1940s version avoid this . i give it a 2 only for berger visually he be a good choice for the role .