Year: 1937

The Edge of the World (1937) + Thelma Schoonmaker Intro

Retrospective Screening

The Edge of the World (1937) + Thelma Schoonmaker Intro

EIFF welcomes legendary film editor Thelma Schoonmaker in person to introduce her late husband Michael Powell’s classic 1937 film presented in a digital restoration.  Set on an isolated Scottish island, Powell’s beautifully filmed and stirring film dramatises the shifts in...

Retrospective Screening
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1937
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