The Machine Stops

The Machine Stops

50 mins | Oct. 6, 1966

The future. The material needs of people are tended by the Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe. But if the Machine stops, what then?

The Machine Stops

50 mins | Oct. 6, 1966

The Machine Stops
The future. The material needs of people are tended by the Machine, which makes their environment, in vast tunnels beneath the earth, comfortable and safe. But if the Machine stops, what then?
Producers BBC TV
Original title The Machine Stops
Directors Philip Saville
Writers Clive Donner, Kenneth Cavander, E.M. Forster

Cast

Yvonne Mitchell

as Vashti

Michael Gothard

as Kuno

Niké Arrighi

as Airship Attendant

Jonathan Hansen

as Airship Passenger

Jane Jordan Rogers

as Friend (voice)

Lucy Hill

as Girl