The Edge of the World (1937)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, History, Romance | 9 September 1938 (USA)
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Director: Michael Powell
Writer: Michael Powell (story)
Stars: Niall MacGinnis, Belle Chrystall, John Laurie
Passed | 74 min | Drama, History, Romance | 9 September 1938 (USA)
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Director: Michael Powell
Writer: Michael Powell (story)
Stars: Niall MacGinnis, Belle Chrystall, John Laurie
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00:00♪♪
00:24♪♪
00:41Does it mean, gone over there?
00:44Many died that way, hunting for eggs or after the sheep.
00:48Sooner or later, a rope frayed or a foot slipped.
00:52It became a word for death on the island.
00:54It's a nasty looking place.
00:56Aye.
00:57It is.
00:59♪♪
01:07What's wrong, Andrew?
01:08The Hells of Scotland.
01:11It's a rare thing to see them from Crichton.
01:14The old men used to say...
01:16What?
01:17That it meant bad luck to see the Hells.
01:20And it's true.
01:21I've only seen them once before.
01:24There were three of us then.
01:26♪♪
01:32It's a Sabbath today and a fine summer morning.
01:37Ten years ago, you'd have seen all the folk
01:40on the way to the Kirk.