Last Updated on 12 August 2025
I’ve seen several of these, but was surprised to find out how many versions have been made over the years. And in different languages. Must be a compelling story, thanks to Oscar Wilde.
1944 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036696/
the oldest version I could find, an American MGM version starring Charles Laughton, Robert Young, Margaret O’Brien, and Una O’Connor
1964 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0400462/
a German ZDF version directed by Helmut Käutner
1966 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060208/
a musical version starring Michael Redgrave, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Natalie Schafer, Peter Noone, & Tippy Walker
1968 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173779/
a Polish version starring Czeslaw Wollejko and Anna Nehrebecka
1974 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289885/
a British version starring David Niven, Maurice Evans, Isla Blair, James Whitmore, and Lynne Frederick
1983 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6585882/
a South African version
1985 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0195580/
an American version starring Richard Kiley, Shelley Fabares, and Barry Van Dyke
1986 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090792/
a British version starring John Gielgud and Alyssa Milano
1989 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2844084/
a Czech version directed by Vit Olmer
1996 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115820/
an American version starring Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, and Joan Sims
1997 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0221859
a British version starring Ian Richardson, Celie Imrie, Sarah-Jane Potts, and Ian McNeice
2005 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414044
a German version directed by Isabel Kleefeld
2016 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4463248/
a French version with a female ghost
2021 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15358618/
a BBC miniseries that premiered on 31 October 2021, starring Anthony Head (Giles from Buffy, the Vampire Slayer)
2023 – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2403439/
an animated version starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, and Freddie Highmore
