
Movie
Nineteen Eighty-Four
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about Nineteen Eighty-Four
Cast
John HurtWinston Smith
Richard BurtonO'Brien
Suzanna HamiltonJulia
Cyril CusackCharrington
Gregor FisherParsons
James WalkerSyme
Andrew WildeTillotson
David CannMartinCredits
- Directed by
- Michael Radford
- Written by
- Michael Radford, George Orwell
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $7.4M
- Box office
- $8.4M
Production
- Umbrella-Rosenblum Film ProductionUnited Kingdom
Virgin FilmsUnited Kingdom






