--- title: 'Fahrenheit 451 (1966)' type: 'film' director: 'François Truffaut' released: '1966-01-01' runtime_minutes: 109 genres: - 'Drama' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'United Kingdom' - 'France' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fahrenheit-451-1966' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060390/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Fahrenheit 451 (1966) 1966 · 109 min · Drama, Science Fiction · United Kingdom, France ## Synopsis Fahrenheit 451 is a 1966 British dystopian drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, and Cyril Cusack. Based on the 1953 novel of the same name by Ray Bradbury, the film takes place in a controlled society in an oppressive future, in which the government sends out firemen to destroy all literature to prevent revolution and thinking. ## Credits - **Director:** [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut) - **Screenplay:** [François Truffaut](https://cinepixo.com/people/francois-truffaut), [Jean-Louis Richard](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-richard) - **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann) - **Producer:** [Lewis M. Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lewis-m-allen) - **Director of Photography:** [Nicolas Roeg](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-roeg) - **Editor:** [Thom Noble](https://cinepixo.com/people/thom-noble) ## Cast - [Tom Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-watson-2) - [Julie Christie](https://cinepixo.com/people/julie-christie) - [Eric Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-mason) - [Anton Diffring](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-diffring) - [Yvonne Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/yvonne-blake) - [John Rae](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-rae) - [Cyril Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-cusack) - [Oskar Werner](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-werner) as Guy Montag - [Michael Balfour](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balfour) - [Mark Lester](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-lester) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fahrenheit-451-1966 Film facts: Wikidata (Q261546); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.