movie poster for THE EDGE OF THE WORLD

Flicks ID

12610

Cert

U

Running time

74 mins

Country

Language

Format

DVD

THE EDGE OF THE WORLD (1937)

MICHAEL POWELL

Plot

This is as much an account of the harshness of life on an isolated Shetland Isle (a way of life is dying, steam trawlers from the mainland threaten its survival as a fishing port), as the story of two friends torn apart by the elements as they struggle against circumstance for sustenance. Powell's first film, and almost a documentary.