A bureaucrat in a dystopic society becomes an enemy of the state as he pursues the woman of his dreams.
Director
Terry Gilliam
Writers
Screenplay
Terry Gilliam
Tom Stoppard
Charles McKeown
Cast
Jonathan Pryce as Sam Lowry
Kim Greist as Jill Layton
Robert De Niro as Archibald "Harry" Tuttle
Katherine Helmond as Mrs Ida Lowry
Ian Holm as Mr Kurtzmann
Bob Hoskins as Spoor
Michael Palin as Jack Lint
Ian Richardson as Mr Warrenn
Peter Vaughan as Mr Eugene Helpmann
Jim Broadbent as Dr Louis Jaffe
Brian Miller as Mr Archibald Buttle
Sheila Reid as Mrs Veronica Buttle
Simon Nash as Boy Buttle
Barbara Hicks as Mrs Terrain
Kathryn Pogson as Shirley Terrain
Bryan Pringle as Spiro
Derrick O'Connor as Dowser
Elizabeth Spender as Alison "Barbara" Lint
Derek Deadman and Nigel Planer as Bill and Charlie
Ray Cooper as Technician
Gorden Kaye as the M.O.I. porter
John Pierce Jones as Basement guard
Ann Way as Old lady with dog
Myrtle Devenish as Jack's secretary
Simon Jones as Arrest official
Bill Wallis as Bespectacled lurker
Don Henderson as Black Maria guard
Howard Lew Lewis as Black Maria guard
Oscar Quitak as Interview official
Harold Innocent as Interview official
John Grillo as Interview official
Patrick Connor as guard
Roger Ashton-Griffiths as the Priest
Jack Purvis as Dr Chapman
Sue Hodge as performer
Cameos
Co-writer Charles McKeown as Harvey Lime
Director Terry Gilliam as the smoking man at Shang-ri La Towers.