End of the World (1931)

Original title

La fin du monde

Directed by

Abel Gance

Genre

science fiction film, disaster film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A scientist discovers a comet is about to hit Earth and tries to warn people. Authorities dismiss him as a troublemaker, and he becomes a fugitive while the world faces panic and chaos.

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What happens

End of the World (French: La Fin du monde) 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. The plot concerns a comet hurtling toward Earth on a collision course and the different reactions of people to the impending disaster. The scientist Martial Novalic, who discovers the comet, seeks a solution to the problem and becomes a fugitive after skeptical authorities blame him for starting a mass panic. It was director Abel Gance's first sound film. The original film was to be over three hours long, but the backing production took the film from Gance and cut it to be 105 minutes. It was again cut on its release in the United States under the title of Paris after Dark. Neither abridged version of the film was well received by audiences or critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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