Nineteen Eighty-Four

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

John Hurt Winston Smith

Richard Burton O'Brien

Suzanna Hamilton Julia

Cyril Cusack Charrington

Gregor Fisher Parsons