What if you had no right to read?
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…
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Grave, earnest, contemporary and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Julie ChristieClarisse / Linda Montag
- Oskar WernerGuy Montag
- Cyril CusackCaptain Beatty
- Anton DiffringFabian / Headmistress
- Jeremy SpenserMan with the Apple
- Bee DuffellBook Woman
- Alex ScottBook Person: 'The Life of Henry Brulard'
- Gillian AldamJudoka Woman (uncredited)
- Michael BalfourBook Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited)
- Ann BellDoris (uncredited)
Crew
- François TruffautDirector
- François TruffautScreenplay
- Jean-Louis RichardScreenplay
- Ray BradburyNovel
- Nicolas RoegDirector of Photography
- Bernard HerrmannOriginal Music Composer
- Thom NobleEditor
- Lewis M. AllenProducer
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