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
as Sam Lowry
Robert De Niro
as 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. Helpmann
Kim Greist
as Jill Layton
Jim Broadbent
as Dr. Jaffe
Barbara Hicks
as Mrs. Alma Terrain
Charles McKeown
as Lime
