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.

Drama Science Fiction Thriller

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)

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)

Christine Hargreaves

(Soup Lady)

Matthew Scurfield

(Guard)

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)

Joscik Barbarossa

(Aaronson)

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))