HG Wells: War with the World
Sep 30 2006
•2h 30m
•Drama, TV Movie
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.
Cast
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Michael Sheen
H.G. Wells
Sally Hawkins
Rebecca West
Dermot Crowley
George Bernard Shaw
Branka Katić
Maura Budberg
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