1984 is a 1956 film loosely based on Orwell’s novel. This is the first cinema rendition of the story, directed by Michael Anderson, and starring Edmond O’Brien, Donald Pleasence, Jan Sterling, and Michael Redgrave.
Both audio and video are greatly degraded, making the film hard to watch but it does give an unmistakable resonance to the atmosphere of Big Brother and brings to life a story that, even to those who have never read it, is a warning for our times as well as Orwell’s.
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