1984 (1956)

In a totalitarian future society a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

Adequate, if not a bit frumpy adaptation of the famous dystopian novel works best in its depiction of the totalitarian society, but the ending is strangely not as devastating as it should be.

Halliwell*: "The famous prophecy of  a dehumanized future is followed with reasonavle fidelity apart from the deviant ending, but the novel is too literary for cinematic success and the result is too often both downbeat and boring."

Maltin***: "Thought-provoking version..."