Until the End of the World (1991)

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280 min - Drama | Sci-Fi - 25 December 1991 (USA)

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Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the bank money to a drop in Paris... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Solveig Dommartin	...	Claire Tourneur
	Pietro Falcone	...	Mario
	Enzo Turrin	...	Doctor
	Chick Ortega	...	Chico Remy
	Eddy Mitchell	...	Raymond Monnet
	William Hurt	...	Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee
	Adelle Lutz	...	Makiko
	Ernie Dingo	...	Burt
	Jean-Charles Dumay	...	Mechanic
	Sam Neill	...	Eugene Fitzpatrick
	Ernest Berk	...	Anton Farber
	Christine Oesterlein	...	Irina Farber
	Rüdiger Vogler	...	Phillip Winter
	Diogo Dória	...	Receptionist
	Amália Rodrigues	...	Woman in Street Car

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Storyline

Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the bank money to a drop in Paris. On the way she runs into another fugitive from the law (Hurt), an American who is being chased by the CIA. The charges are false, he claims. They want to confiscate a device his father invented which allows anyone to record their dreams and vision. On the run from both the bank robbers and the CIA, the couple span the globe, ending up in Australia at his father's (von Sydow) research facility, where they hope to play back the recordings Hurt captured for his blind mother. Set in the futuristic year of 1999, a subplot about a damaged Indian nuclear satellite crashing and causing the end of civilization is a puzzling addition to the film. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

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. . . the ultimate road movie See more »

Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Rated R for language and sensuality See all certifications »

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Country:

Germany | France | Australia

Language:

English | French | Italian | Japanese | German

Release Date:

25 December 1991 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

Hasta el fin del mundo See more »

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$752,856 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Argos Films, Road Movies Filmproduktion, Village Roadshow Pictures See more »

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Sound Mix:

Dolby | LC-Concept Digital Sound (France)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Trivia

It was only after "Wings of Desire" turned out to be a sleeper hit, that Wim Wenders was able to get funding for this film. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When many of the European characters leave the Mbantua settlement and take a group photo, believing the adventure to be over, the voice-over mentions that it is February, 2000. Yet shortly after we see Henry Farber trying a new series of experiments on recording dream imagery, and a computer display for the current experiment says January 21. See more »

Quotes

Eugene Fitzpatrick: I didn't know the cure for the disease of images. All I knew was how to write. But I believed in the magic and healing power of words, and of stories.
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Connections

Referenced in Cinemania (2002) See more »

Soundtracks

"The Adversary"
Written by Adams, Bonney, Haas, Hacke, Harvey, Stern
Performed by Crime & The City Solution
Courtesy of Mute Records, Ltd. See more »

Until the End of the World (1991)
Bis ans Ende der Welt (original title)

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