The Crystal Spirit: Orwell on Jura (1983)
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
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Ronald Pickup as George Orwell |
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Fiona Walker as Avril Blair |
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David Swift as Richard Rees |
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Kit Thacker as Bill Dunn |
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Melanie Parr as Susan Watson |
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Lucinda Gane as Margaret Fletcher |
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Eileen McCallum as Shopkeeper |
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Billy Riddoch as Donald Darroch |
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Robin Davies as Henry Dakins |
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Sally Kinghorn as Lucy Dakin |
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Wendy Marsh as Jane Dakin |
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Graeme Rozga as Richard Blair (Age 2) |
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Ross Rozga as Richard Blair (Age 13) |
| Crew | Dick Johnstone | Cinematography |
| Writing | Alan Plater | Writer |
| Directing | John Glenister | Director |
| Art | Catriona Davis | Graphic Designer |
| Editing | Robert Burnett | Editor |
| Editing | Ian Frame | Editor |
| Art | Campbell Gordon | Production Design |
