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The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
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Directed by William Cameron Menzies
Raymond MasseyJohn Cabal / Oswald Cabal
Edward ChapmanPippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy
Ralph RichardsonThe Boss
Margaretta ScottRoxana / Rowena
Cedric HardwickeTheotocopulos
Maurice BraddellDr. Harding
Sophie StewartMrs. Cabal
Derrick De MarneyRichard Gordon
Ann ToddMary Gordon
Pearl ArgyleCatherine CabalKenneth VilliersMaurice PassworthyIvan BrandtMorden MitaniVideos
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CinemaSerfJun 19, 2022
This is a rather fanciful adaptation of the HG Wells tale. Mankind is all but obliterated by war; reduced to tribal existences - under the overly theatrical leadership of Ralph Richardson and Margaretta Scott - fighting plague, tyranny and the elements. Then they encounter Daniel Massey ("John Cabal") who helps reconcile and rebuild society to an almost Utopian level. It manages to intertwine megalomania with human aspiration; an overpoweringly rousing score and some truly Sh… Read more
akesperian style soliloquy. It comes to force a future upon us that is eerily portentous of an Orwellian style dictatorship; of interstellar exploration to spread our plague of self-destructive ambition to other worlds - and all, broadly speaking with the consent of the masses. Sadly, i saw a colourised version which robbed this film of almost every element of potency; indeed it rendered it little better than a very poor cartoon. It's still just about worth watching; but Massey is no Olivier and I found it all rather preposterous.