1984
1956 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 6.5 · 67% critics
In a tightly controlled future, a government worker spends his days rewriting the past to fit the official story. As he begins a forbidden romance, he’s drawn toward quiet rebellion and risks everything under the constant watch of an all-powerful regime.
Based on Nineteen Eighty-Four
Also known as Nineteen Eighty-Four · Nineteen Eighty Four
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Details
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-03-06
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 67/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.5/10 (145 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like bleak, cautionary dystopias about surveillance and control, such as Animal Farm or the 1984 (1984) adaptation; Not for you if you want a faithful, fully explained version of the book.
Pros: classic dystopian premise; strong sense of oppression; recognizable Orwell themes | Cons: uneven character portrayal; missing key elements; story feels unclear
Themes
- future
- based on novel or book
- dystopia
- black and white
- totalitarianism
Cast & crew
Edmond O'Brien
as Winston Smith of the Outer Party
Jan Sterling
as Julia of the Outer Party
Michael Redgrave
as O'Connor of the Inner Party
David Kossoff
as Charrington the Junk Shop Owner
Mervyn Johns
as Jones
Donald Pleasence
as R. Parsons
- CW
Carol Wolveridge
as Selina Parsons
Ernest Clark
as Outer Party Announcer
Patrick Allen
as Inner Party Official
Ronan O'Casey
as Rutherford
Directed by Michael Anderson