I read Fahrenheit 451 when I was in seventh grade or so.
One of the things I remember is that the main character’s wife spent most of her time watching TV in a room in which all four walls were covered with gigantic screens.
His name was Guy Montag, which as a kid I thought was a really weird name.
Also, if ran away from the police, they’d set a robotic dog on you. In it’s robotic mouth was a large syringe loaded with a knock-out drug. It bit you, and the lights went out.
I guess, but maybe the German name helped Oskar Werner get the role in the movie.