The End of the World

The End of the World (1931)

La fin du monde

The Novalic brothers, Jean and Martial, are both in love with Genevieve. Jean, an impoverished actor and an idealistic dreamer, does not want Genevieve to share in his suffering. Martial, an internationally-respected astronomer, discovers the return of Lexell's Comet, on a collision course for Earth.

Date of release
1931-01-23
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Science Fiction
Director
Abel Gance

Casting

Interesting facts

End of the World is a 1931 French science fiction film directed by Abel Gance based on the novel Omega: The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion. The film stars Victor Francen as Martial Novalic, Colette Darfeuil as Genevieve de Murcie, Abel Gance as Jean Novalic, and Jeanne Brindeau as Madame Novalic.

Production

Director Abel Gance had meditated on the idea of End of the World since 1913. After he created the film Napoleon in 1927, he convinced himself and backers to go forward with the project. Gance originally was going to title the film The End of the World, as Seen, Heard and Rendered, by Abel Gance. Filming began in mid-1929 and was finished roughly a year later.

The film had been edited to a running time of just over three hours. When the backers felt that the film was becoming far too long, they took production control away from Gance and cut the film to 105 minutes.

It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris.

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