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…
Direction
Truffaut's only English film — awkwardly brilliant
Cinematography
Fire as hypnotic, beautiful horror
Acting
Julie Christie plays two roles,unsettlingly
Director
François Truffaut
Julie Christie
Clarisse / Linda Montag
Oskar Werner
Guy Montag
Cyril Cusack
Captain Beatty
Anton Diffring
Fabian / Headmistress
Jeremy Spenser
Man with the Apple
Bee Duffell
Book Woman
Alex Scott
Book Person: 'The Life of Henry Brulard'
Michael Balfour
Book Person: Machiavelli's 'The Prince' (uncredited)
Ann Bell
Doris (uncredited)
Yvonne Blake
Book Person: 'The Jewish Question' (uncredited)
Arthur Cox
Male Nurse (uncredited)
Noel Davis
Cousin Midge - TV Personality (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Truffaut never watched the finished film — he found the English-language production so stressful he skipped the premiere.
Bradbury hated this adaptation, particularly the downplaying of technology and the casting — ironic for a film about censored art.
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