Movie
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Overview
Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. His trysts with Julia provide his only measure of enjoyment, but lawmakers frown on the relationship -- and in this closely monitored society, there is no escape from Big Brother.
Details
- Release date
- 1984-11-09
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Genres
- Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Umbrella-Rosenblum Film Production, Virgin Films
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Hurt as Winston Smith
- Richard Burton as O'Brien
- Suzanna Hamilton as Julia
- Cyril Cusack as Charrington
- Gregor Fisher as Parsons
- James Walker as Syme
- Andrew Wilde as Tillotson
- David Cann as Martin
- Peter Frye as Rutherford
- Roger Lloyd Pack as Waiter
- David Trevena as Tillotson's Friend
- Anthony Benson as Jones
Crew
- Michael Radford - Director
- Michael Radford - Screenplay
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