Country: USA
Year: 1960
Duration: 103'
Scripted by H.G. Wells from an essay of his, man’s journey into the future between 1940 and 2040: from the ruins of a horrific world war, the birth of a new and marvelous world, more conflicts, uprisings and destruction, and finally universal harmony through the conquest of outer space. Directed by William Cameron Menzies, one of the greatest screenwriters in film history, visually striking, a game of hide and seek between utopia and dystopia.
Biography
film director
George Pal
FILMOGRAFIA
Sinbad (1936), Sky Pirates (1938), Tom Thumb (Le meravigliose avventure di Pollicino, 1958),The Time Machine (L’uomo che visse nel futuro, 1960), Atlantis, the Lost Continent (Atlantide continente perduto, 1961), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (Avventura nella fantasia, coregia/codirector Henry Levin, 1962), 7 Faces of Dr Lao (1964).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
William Cameron Menzies
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
H.G. Wells, dal suo saggio Il pianeta ribelle/from his essay The Shape of Things to Come
fotografia/cinematography
Georges Périnal
montaggio/film editing
Charles Crichton
musica/music
Arthur Bliss
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Raymond Massey (John Cabal-Oswald Cabal), Edward Chapman (Pippa Passworthy-Raymond Passworthy), Ralph Richardson (The Boss), Margaretta Scott (Roxana-Rowena), Cedric Hardwicke (Theotocopulos)
produttore/producer
Alexander Korda
produzione/production
London Film Productions
William Cameron Menzies
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
H.G. Wells, dal suo saggio Il pianeta ribelle/from his essay The Shape of Things to Come
fotografia/cinematography
Georges Périnal
montaggio/film editing
Charles Crichton
musica/music
Arthur Bliss
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Raymond Massey (John Cabal-Oswald Cabal), Edward Chapman (Pippa Passworthy-Raymond Passworthy), Ralph Richardson (The Boss), Margaretta Scott (Roxana-Rowena), Cedric Hardwicke (Theotocopulos)
produttore/producer
Alexander Korda
produzione/production
London Film Productions