Rent Nineteen Eighty-Four (1954)
3.9 of 5 from 70 ratings
1h 53min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- George Orwell's enduring dystopian masterpiece is brought vividly to life in this celebrated BBC production. Adapted by Nigel Kneale (The Quatermass Experiment), 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' broke new ground for television drama when first broadcast in 1954. Featuring a stunning central performance from Peter Cushing (The Curse of Frankenstein, Star Wars) as the doomed Winston Smith...Experience Orwell's haunting vision of a society dominated by relentless tyranny and the subversion of truth - a world in which Big Brother is always watching you.
- Actors:
- Peter Cushing, André Morell, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasence, Arnold Diamond, Campbell Gray, Hilda Fenemore, Pamela Grant, Keith Davis, Janet Barrow, Norman Osborne, Tony Lyons, Malcolm Knight, John Baker, Victor Platt, Van Boolen, Wilfrid Brambell, Leonard Sachs, Sydney Bromley, Janet Joye
- Directors:
- Rudolph Cartier
- Producers:
- Rudolph Cartier
- Voiced By:
- Nigel Kneale
- Writers:
- George Orwell, Nigel Kneale
- Aka:
- 1984
- Studio:
- British Film Institute
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 11/04/2022
- Run Time:
- 113 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly recorded audio commentary on Nineteen Eighty-Four by television historian Jon Dear, host of Nigel Kneale podcast Bergcast, with Toby Hadoke and Andy Murray
- Late Night Line-Up (BBC, 1965, 23 mins): members of the cast and crew look back on the controversies surrounding this adaptation of Orwell's classic
- The Ministry of Truth (2022, 24 mins): in conversation with the BFI's Dick Fiddy, television historian Oliver Wake dispels some of the myths that have grown up around the groundbreaking drama over the course of the past half century
- Nigel Kneale: Into the Unknown (2022, 72 mins): writer, actor and stand-up comedian Toby Hadoke and Nigel Kneale biographer and programmer Andy Murray try to unpick who Kneale was, what he did and why his work still matters today
- Gallery of rare images from the BBC Archives
- Original script (downloadable PDF)
More like Nineteen Eighty-Four
Found in these customers lists
502 films by agame