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64th International Film Festival
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Section: Literature in Film - Classics

1984 (1984) 15

United Kingdom | 1984 | 110 min.

The classic George Orwell story set in a world where absolute conformity in action, word and thought including loyalty to Big Brother is demanded. In 1984, the world is divided into three vast states, whose inhabitants are dominated by all powerful governments. Winston, a worker, starts an illegal love affair with Julia, and becomes the target of a brain-washing campaign to force him to conform.

CountryUnited Kingdom
Year1984
Duration110 min
Rating15
LanguageEnglish
SubtitleCzech
Directed by Michael Radford
Screenplay Michael Radford
Director of Photography Roger Deakins
Music Dave Stewart, Annie Lennox, Jimmy Lenox, Dominic Muldowney
Edited by Tom Priestley
Contact Park Circus

Biography

A British director and screenwriter educated at Worcester College in Oxford and the National Film School in Edinburgh. His debut was with Another Time, Another Place (1983). He then made, e.g., 1984 (1984) and The Postman (1994). B. Monkey (1998) and The Merchant of Venice (2004).

Drama, Human Rights, Literature, Love, Politics, Science Fiction, Violence, War, Freedom, Courage