Where can I watch Prick Up Your Ears in Persian?
Prick Up Your Ears streams on Ktime, the Persian streaming service built for the Iranian diaspora. It carries Persian subtitles or dub, as listed in the app. You can watch it in any browser at ktime.app/app, on the native Android TV, Google TV and Fire TV app, on the Android phone app, in any IPTV player using your Xtream login, and on a Samsung or LG smart TV through Media Station X. No VPN is needed anywhere, including from inside Iran, and there is no geo-block to work around. Viewers inside Iran pay in USDT through the Telegram desk at t.me/KtimeSaleBot?start=film_page, and the /fa/iran page walks through every step. A paid plan covers one device at a time — a single stream — and you can switch between your TV, phone and laptop as often as you like at no extra cost. You can cancel at any time. It is a 1987 biography film from United Kingdom. The film is served from Ktime's own library rather than linked out to another service. Availability checked as of September 2026.
Directed by Stephen Frears, this 1987 biography film carries an IMDb rating of 7.1.
Synopsis
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton moves to London in 1951, to study at RADA, and enjoys an openly gay relationship with Halliwell in their famous Islington flat in the 1960s. However, when Orton achieves spectacular success with such plays as 'What the Butler Saw' and 'Loot', Halliwell begins to feel alienated and the pair's future looks increasingly uncertain.
Cast & crew
Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 biography film from United Kingdom. It was directed by Stephen Frears. The cast is led by Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave. It runs 111 minutes. These credits come from this title's own record in the Ktime catalogue, refreshed with every six-hour catalogue sync.
- Director
- Stephen Frears
- Cast
- Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances Barber, Lindsay Duncan, Julie Walters, Wallace Shawn, Janet Dale
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genre
- Biography, Drama