The light at the end of the world

Movie
German title	The light at the end of the world
Original title	La luz del fin del mundo
Country of production	Spain , Italy , France , Liechtenstein
original language	English
Publishing year	1971
length	120 minutes
Rod
Director	Kevin Billington
script	Tom Rowe; after Jules Verne
production	Kirk Douglas ; Ilya Salkind ; Alexander Salkind
music	Piero Piccioni
camera	Henri Decaë ; Cecilio Paniagua
cut	Bert Bates
occupation
	Kirk Douglas : Will Denton; Yul Brynner : Jonathan Kongre; Samantha Eggar : Arabella; Jean-Claude Drouot : Virgilio; Fernando Rey : Captain Moriz; Renato Salvatori : Montefiore; Massimo Ranieri : Felipe; Aldo Sambrell : Tarcante; Víctor Israel : The Mortes; Maria Borge : Emily Jane;

The Light at the Edge of the World (Original title: La luz del fin del mundo ) is a 1971 published, Spanish-Italian-French-Liechtenstein film by Kevin Billington based on the novel The Lighthouse at the End of the World , which after the death of Jules Verne by whose son Michel was revised.

action

Three lighthouse keepers are ambushed by pirates on an island. Only one, Will Denton, survives the attack led by Jonathan Kongre. From then on, the pirates use the lighthouse to mislead ships and to plunder them after they have wrecked. Denton, who watches everything from a shelter, is able to save one of the passengers. When Kongre gets wind of this, he takes the beautiful Arabella hostage and wants to challenge Denton. Denton and his new friend Virgilio now have to stop the pirates.

Location

Sign board

Below the lighthouse in the Catalan natural park of Cap de Creus is a notice board reminding of the film work there in 1970.

criticism

“Gripping adventure film that turns the clichés of the genre into their opposite and develops the almost agonizingly slow progression of evil without any romanticization. In the confrontation of the main characters, the superbly photographed film is more reminiscent of the subtle novels of Herman Melville than of Jules Verne's fantastic stories. Drastic cuts have eliminated some atrocities, but also rob the film of much of its meaning and narrative rhythm. "

- Lexicon of international film

Web links

The light at the end of the world in the Internet Movie Database (English)
La luz del fin del mundo , information about the film with a picture of the lighthouse built especially for the film (catal.)

Special film version

Piccolo Film had a 120 meter / color / sound version (approx. 20 minutes) on Super 8 in the 1970s

Individual evidence

↑ First a Catalan poem by H. Gispert about the lighthouse. Then (free translation): “This is where the film The Light at the End of the World was filmed with the actors Yul Briner, Kirk Douglas, Samantha Eggar and Fernando Rey. A hexagonal lighthouse was built especially for this film in July 1970 at Sa Punta de sa Clavaguera , which was demolished again in November 1998. "
↑ The light at the end of the world. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .

[1] First a Catalan poem by H. Gispert about the lighthouse. Then (free translation): “This is where the film The Light at the End of the World was filmed with the actors Yul Briner, Kirk Douglas, Samantha Eggar and Fernando Rey. A hexagonal lighthouse was built especially for this film in July 1970 at Sa Punta de sa Clavaguera , which was demolished again in November 1998. "

[2] The light at the end of the world. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .