---
title: '1984 (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Michael Anderson'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/1984-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048918/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 1984 (1956)

1956 · 90 min · Drama, Science Fiction · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

1984 is a 1956 British science fiction film based on the 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, depicting a totalitarian future of a dystopian society. The film followed a previous 1953 American Westinghouse Studio One adaptation starring Eddie Albert, and a 1954 BBC-TV made-for-TV adaptation that starred Peter Cushing and Donald Pleasence.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Michael Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-anderson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Malcolm Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/malcolm-arnold)
- **Director of Photography:** [C. M. Pennington-Richards](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-m-pennington-richards)
- **Editor:** [Bill Lewthwaite](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-lewthwaite)

## Cast

- [Michael Redgrave](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-redgrave)
- [John Vernon](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-vernon)
- [Donald Pleasence](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-pleasence)
- [Patrick Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-allen)
- [Edmond O'Brien](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmond-o-brien)
- [Mervyn Johns](https://cinepixo.com/people/mervyn-johns)
- [Jan Sterling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-sterling)
- [David Kossoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-kossoff)
- [Kenneth Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenneth-griffith)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/1984-1956
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