Nineteen Eighty-Four backdrop

Nineteen Eighty-Four 1984 Directed by Michael Radford

George Orwell's terrifying vision comes to the screen.

George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

Language English
Spoken Language English
Budget $7,430,072
Revenue $8,430,492
Release Date 9 November 1984
113 mins
Cast
John Hurt Winston Smith
Cyril Cusack Charrington
Andrew Wilde Tillotson
David Cann Martin
Peter Frye Rutherford
David Trevena Tillotson's Friend
Phyllis Logan The Telescreen Anouncer (voice)
Rupert Baderman Winston Smith as a Boy
Corinna Seddon Winston's Mother
Martha Parsey Winston's Sister
Merelina Kendall Mrs. Parsons
P.J. Nicholas William Parsons
Lynne Radford Susan Parsons
Pip Donaghy Inner Party Speaker
Shirley Stelfox The Whore
Janet Key The Instructress
Hugh Walters Artsem Lecturer
John Hughes Man in White Coat
Robert Putt Shouting Prole
John Golightly Patrolman
Rolf Saxon Patrolman
Ole Oldendorp Eurasian Soldier
Eddie Stacey Executioner
Norman Bacon Man on Station Platform
John Foss Youth Leader
Carey Wilson Party Member
Mitzi McKenzie Party Member
Pam Gems The Washerwoman
John Boswall Goldstein
Bob Flag Big Brother
Annie Lennox Woman at rally (uncredited)
Lucien Morgan Ministery Worker (uncredited)
Michael Munn Interrogation Room Soldier (uncredited)
Jason Savage Child at Rally (uncredited)
Fred Wood Prol (uncredited)