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The Edge of the World

Michael Powell / GB, 1937 / 74 min.

Powell’s first independent production – shot over four, tough months on the wild and windy Shetland Islands – is the moving tale of a remote island and its inhabitants whose way of life is threatened by the rapidly industrialising world; all told using daring cinematic techniques.

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The skipper of a tourist yacht (Niall MacGinnis) reluctantly moors on the shores of the remote, currently uninhabited Scottish island of Hirta in the Hebrides where he was born. He thinks back to the days before the island’s evacuation, whereby the islanders had to decide whether to give up their way of life and move to the mainland. To decide, two childhood friends adhere to ancient traditions and climb the island’s tallest cliff. The result tear the once so tight-knit community apart.

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Director

Michael Powell

Production year

1937

Country

GB

Original title

The Edge of the World

Length

74 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

ENG

Format

35mm

Part of

The Creative Worlds of Powell and Pressburger

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger enjoyed huge success with films such as The Red Shoes (1948), Black Narcissus (1947) and A Matter of Life and Death (1946). Eye presents the first-ever extensive retrospective of Powell & Pressburger’s work in the Netherlands.

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