Nineteen Eighty-Four
7.0
“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.
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Cast
45 people
John Hurt
Winston Smith
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Richard Burton
O'Brien
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Suzanna Hamilton
Julia
Known for
Out of Africa
Tess
Cyril Cusack
Charrington
Known for
Jesus of Nazareth
Fahrenheit 451
Gregor Fisher
Parsons
Known for
Love Actually
Oliver Twist
James Walker
Syme
Known for
Twelfth Night
Andrew Wilde
Tillotson
Known for
The Firm
The Bounty
David Cann
Martin
Known for
Brass Eye
Psychoville
Peter Frye
Rutherford
Known for
Jesus
Roger Lloyd Pack
Waiter
Known for
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Only Fools and Horses
David Trevena
Tillotson's Friend
Known for
Robin of Sherwood
Anthony Benson
Jones
Also in
G.B.H.
A Tale of Two Cities
Michael Radford Director · George Orwell Author Dominic Muldowney Composer
Worldwide gross $8.4M · Budget $7.4M · United States release December 14, 1984
Box office
Budget
$7,430,072
Worldwide gross
$8,430,492
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Umbrella-Rosenblum Film Production
Production
Virgin Films
Production
Atlantic Releasing Corporation
Production
Virgin Benelux
Production
Virgin Schallplatten
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 10, 1984
Premiere
United States · December 14, 1984
Theatrical
Brazil
November 7, 1985 · Theatrical
Canada
November 9, 1984 · TV
Czechia
January 24, 2002 · Digital
France
November 14, 1984 · Theatrical
February 17, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Rétrospective Raoul Peck, Institut Lumière, Lyon
July 10, 2026 · Limited theatrical · Mondes possibles : la science-fiction sur grand écran, Institut Lumière, Lyon
Germany
November 9, 1984 · Theatrical
Ireland
November 9, 1984 · Theatrical
Italy
November 17, 1984 · Theatrical
Netherlands
November 15, 1984 · Theatrical
March 23, 2015 · Physical · Blu-ray
Portugal
November 9, 1984 · Premiere
November 9, 1984 · Limited theatrical
November 9, 1984 · Physical
Sweden
November 30, 1984 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
April 7, 2014 · Physical · DVD
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