The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1983)
1983 · 1h 29m · Drama, TV Movie
Genres: Drama, TV Movie
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.
Director: John Glenister
Writers: Alan Plater
Cinematography: Dick Johnstone
Editor: Robert Burnett, Ian Frame
Cast
Ronald Pickup as George OrwellFiona Walker as Avril BlairDavid Swift as Richard ReesKit Thacker as Bill DunnMelanie Parr as Susan WatsonLucinda Gane as Margaret FletcherEileen McCallum as ShopkeeperBilly Riddoch as Donald DarrochRobin Davies as Henry DakinsSally Kinghorn as Lucy DakinWendy Marsh as Jane DakinGraeme Rozga as Richard Blair (Age 2)More like this
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