Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Jonathan Pryce | Sam Lowry | |
Robert De Niro | Harry Tuttle | |
Katherine Helmond | Mrs. Ida Lowry | |
Ian Holm | Mr. Kurtzmann | |
Bob Hoskins | Spoor | |
Michael Palin | Jack Lint | |
Ian Richardson | Mr. Warrenn | |
Peter Vaughan | Mr. Helpmann | |
Kim Greist | Jill Layton | |
Jim Broadbent | Dr. Jaffe | |
Barbara Hicks | Mrs. Terrain | |
Charles McKeown | Lime | |
Derrick O'Connor | Dowser | |
Kathryn Pogson | Shirley | |
Bryan Pringle | Spiro | |
Sheila Reid | Mrs. Buttle | |
John Flanagan | T.V. Interviewer | |
Ray Cooper | Technician | |
Brian Miller | Mr. Buttle | |
Simon Nash | Boy Buttle | |
Prudence Oliver | Girl Buttle | |
Simon Jones | Arrest Official | |
Derek Deadman | Bill - Dept. of Works | |
Nigel Planer | Charlie - Dept. of Works | |
Terence Bayler | T.V Commercial Presenter |
Director | Terry Gilliam | |
Writer | Terry Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown, Charles Alverson | |
Producer | Patrick Cassavetti, Arnon Milchan, Sid Sheinberg | |
Musician | Michael Kamen | |
Photography | Roger Pratt |