Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.
6.8(1,671) 1984-11-09 113 minDramaScience FictionThriller
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.
ScreenplayMichael Radford
ProducerAl Clark
ProducerSimon Perry
Original Music ComposerDominic Muldowney
DirectorMichael Radford
ProducerRobert Devereux
Cast & characters
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
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David Trevena
as Tillotson's Friend
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Anthony Benson
as Jones
Phyllis Logan
as The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
Garry Cooper
as Guard
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Rupert Baderman
as Winston Smith as a Boy
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Corinna Seddon
as Winston's Mother
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Martha Parsey
as Winston's Sister
Merelina Kendall
as Mrs. Parsons
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P.J. Nicholas
as William Parsons
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Lynne Radford
as Susan Parsons
Pip Donaghy
as Inner Party Speaker
Shirley Stelfox
as The Whore
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Janet Key
as The Instructress
Hugh Walters
as Artsem Lecturer
