Sep 30, 2006
90 min
Full-HD

HG Wells: War with the World (2006)

BBC docudrama telling the story of the father of science fiction, HG Wells, and his ambition to avert mankind's headlong course towards self-destruction.

Category

Drama TV Movie

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Wall to Wall

Michael Sheen

H.G. Wells

Sally Hawkins

Rebecca West

Dermot Crowley

George Bernard Shaw

Branka Katić

Maura Budberg

Jacek Koman

Maxim Gorky

Michael Cochrane

Minister

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