Nineteen Eighty-Four is a movie.
Nineteen Eighty-Four , often published as 1984 , is a dystopian novel published in 1949 by English author George Orwell . Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984 film) . Starring John Hurt , Richard Burton ( in his last cinematic role ) , Suzanna Hamilton , and Cyril Cusack , the film follows the life of Winston Smith in Oceania , a country run by a totalitarian government .