The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1971 · 128 mins · English

#21,968 1

Directed by

Kevin Billington

Starring

Fernando Rey, Renato Salvatori, Aldo Sambrell, Yul Brynner, Kirk Douglas, Samantha Eggar

Pirates seize a lighthouse on a rugged island and devise a scheme to lure ships onto the rocks, looting the wrecks. One surviving lighthouse keeper fights their plot with determination. A shipwrecked young woman, who escapes the pirates’ slaughter, soon complicates matters as she allies with the keeper against the marauders amid raging storms.