The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
A remote farmhouse on an isolated island. Strangers with English accents. Quarrels and a lonely child. The year is 1946. The man is George Orwell. The book he has come to write is Nineteen Eighty-four.
Ratings
IMDb9/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Alan PlaterWriter
- John GlenisterDirector
Cast
- Ronald PickupGeorge Orwell
- Fiona WalkerAvril Blair
- David SwiftRichard Rees
- Kit ThackerBill Dunn
- Melanie ParrSusan Watson
- Lucinda GaneMargaret Fletcher
- Eileen McCallumShopkeeper
- Billy RiddochDonald Darroch
- Robin DaviesHenry Dakins
- Sally KinghornLucy Dakin
- Wendy MarshJane Dakin
- Graeme RozgaRichard Blair (Age 2)