Trivia for
The Edge of the World (1937) More at IMDbPro »

• When he was young, Michael Powell read a newspaper article about the evacuation of the island of Hirta (St. Kilda), west of the Hebrides, and he thought he could make a great film about it.
  
  
• The cast and crew stayed on Foula for many months. This was before the airstrip was built and they had to use local fishing boats as ferries.
  
  
• Almost four hours of film was shot on the island and was edited down to just 80 minutes by Derek N. Twist.
  
  
• New 35mm print made and shown September 1999 as part of NY Film Festival.
  
  

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