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Nineteen Eighty-Four
“George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.”
6.8 / 10• 1984• 1h 53m•R• English
DramaScience FictionThriller
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
John Hurt
Winston Smith
Lead
Richard Burton
O'Brien
Suzanna Hamilton
Julia
Cyril Cusack
Charrington
Gregor Fisher
Parsons
James Walker
Syme
Andrew Wilde
Tillotson
David Cann
Martin
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Michael Radford's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Nineteen Eighty-Four is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
