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Nineteen Eighty-Four

6.819841h 53m15MovieDramaScience FictionThriller

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…

DirectorMichael Radford
WriterMichael Radford
ProducersMarvin J. Rosenblum·Al Clark

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Cast · Directed by Michael Radford

JHJohn Hurt
John Hurt
Winston Smith
RBRichard Burton
Richard Burton
O'Brien
SHSuzanna Hamilton
Suzanna Hamilton
Julia
CCCyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Charrington
GFGregor Fisher
Gregor Fisher
Parsons
JWJames Walker
James Walker
Syme
AWAndrew Wilde
Andrew Wilde
Tillotson
DCDavid Cann
David Cann
Martin
PFPeter Frye
Peter Frye
Rutherford
RPRoger Lloyd Pack
Roger Lloyd Pack
Waiter
DT
David Trevena
Tillotson's Friend
AB
Anthony Benson
Jones

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