Things to Come

Things to Come (Film), released 1936 — adapted from The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells.

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.

Starring Raymond Massey, Edward Chapman, Ralph Richardson, Margaretta Scott, Cedric Hardwicke.

Directed by William Cameron Menzies.

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