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Return to the Edge of the World (1978) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1978 · 24 mins · English
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- Starring
- John Laurie, Michael Powell, Grant Sutherland, Sydney Streeter
Michael Powell makes a moving return trip to the remote island of Foula, forty years after he shot his first major feature there - ‘The Edge of the World (1937)’.
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