Drama · Science Fiction
British
1936 · Directed by William Cameron Menzies · 100 min
An ambitious British production that follows one city and one family across a century, from a nervous Christmas in the present into a future that people disagree about. Written by H.G. Wells, it plays as a debate about progress staged with towering sets and a large orchestral score.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining British science fiction spectacle of the 1930s and a rare attempt to treat the genre as serious public argument rather than pulp adventure.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a lecture dressed in architecture: ask what each era's sets and costumes are arguing about its society.
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