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.

Directed by Michael Radford

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

D

David Trevena

Tillotson's Friend

A

Anthony Benson

Jones

Phyllis Logan

The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)

Garry Cooper

Guard

R

Rupert Baderman

Winston Smith as a Boy

C

Corinna Seddon

Winston's Mother

M

Martha Parsey

Winston's Sister

Merelina Kendall

Mrs. Parsons

P

P.J. Nicholas

William Parsons

L

Lynne Radford

Susan Parsons

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