Based on George Orwell's dystopian novel from the 1940s, the movie was produced in the very year that Orwell had set it, 1984. Horrified by the recent atrocities by the Germans and Russians, and fearing that England and America might take a similar turn, Orwell had painted a frightening portrait of the ultimate dictatorship, and the movie faithfully followed him. Some of the details were: (1) Continual…
George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.
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.
Top Cast
John Hurt
Winston Smith
Richard Burton
O'Brien
Suzanna Hamilton
Julia
Cyril Cusack
Charrington
Gregor Fisher
Parsons
James Walker
Syme
Andrew Wilde
Tillotson
David Cann
Martin
Peter Frye
Rutherford
Roger Lloyd Pack
Waiter
David Trevena
Tillotson's Friend
Anthony Benson
Jones
Phyllis Logan
The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
Garry Cooper
Guard
Rupert Baderman
Winston Smith as a Boy
Corinna Seddon
Winston's Mother
Reviews
Do not watch this movie if you are feeling pessimistic or depressed, because the kind of catharsis won’t help you. Nineteen-eighty-four is a bleak movie based on a dark novel that paints a totalitarian world that really sucks. Although they don’t merely tell lies over and over until devotees believe them - instead they actually rewrite historical details in newspapers — still it bears a striking and chilling…
This adaptation is a fairly faithful, if a little too abridged, version of the Orwellian story of absolute power, sedition and oppression but it's really John Hurt who makes this version stand out. His performance as the weedy "Winston" - a low level bureaucrat in the Ministry of Truth, is visceral as he depicts a character who has found his own way to rebel against the not so benevolent rule of "Big Brother".…
FAQ about Nineteen Eighty-Four
What is Nineteen Eighty-Four about?
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…
When was Nineteen Eighty-Four released?
Nineteen Eighty-Four was released in 1984.
What genres does Nineteen Eighty-Four belong to?
Nineteen Eighty-Four is categorised as Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller.
Who stars in Nineteen Eighty-Four?
The cast of Nineteen Eighty-Four includes John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher.