Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers, who befriend and enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way she runs into another fugitive from the law (Hurt), an American who is being chased by the CIA. The charges are false, he says, that they want to confiscate a device his father has invented which allows you to record your dreams and vision. On the run from the bank robbers and the CIA, they span the globe, ending up in Australia at the research facility of his father (von Sydow), where they hope to be able to play back the recordings Hurt has made to his blind mother.

Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991)
  • Rating: (4,409 votes)
  • Taglines:It's 1999. The government will kill for his invention. One woman will do anything for his love. Together they share an adventure that circles the globe - And invades the mind. » . . . the ultimate road movie »
  • Runtime:280 minutes
  • Director: Wim Wenders
  • Countries:Germany, France, Australia
  • Actors:
    Claire Tourneur
    Solveig Dommartin
    Mario
    Pietro Falcone
    Doctor
    Enzo Turrin
    Chico Remy
    Chick Ortega
    Raymond Monnet
    Eddy Mitchell
    Sam Farber, alias Trevor McPhee
    William Hurt
    Makiko
    Adelle Lutz
    Burt
    Ernie Dingo
    Mechanic
    Jean-Charles Dumay
    Eugene Fitzpatrick
    Sam Neill
  • Genres:Drama, Sci-Fi
  • Producers:
    Paulo Branco
    executive producer  
    Ulrich Felsberg
    producer  
    Masa Mikage
    associate producer  
    Julia Overton
    associate producer: Australia  
    Rosanna Roditi
    line producer  
    Jonathan T. Taplin
    producer  
  • Plots: Set in 1999, a woman (Dommartin) has a car accident with some bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the bank money to a drop in Paris. On the way she runs into another fugitive from the law (Hurt), an American who is being chased by the CIA. The charges are false, he claims. They want to confiscate a device his father invented which allows anyone to record their dreams and vision. On the run from both the bank robbers and the CIA, the couple span the globe, ending up in Australia at his father's (von Sydow) research facility, where they hope to play back the recordings Hurt captured for his blind mother. Set in the futuristic year of 1999, a subplot about a damaged Indian nuclear satellite crashing and causing the end of civilization is a puzzling addition to the film. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
Bis ans Ende der Welt
  • User's comment:Epic Vision: The Director's Cut by frankenbenz

    At a whopping 280 minutes, Wender's intended length of his sci-fi epic Until the End of the World might actually make some wish the world was ending, but for those of us willing to commit the time, the Director's cut is a rewarding experience.

    The 150 minute theatrical version of the film was criticized for being overly ambitious, disjointed and underdeveloped, while the Director's cut not only fills in these blanks, it fleshes out this fascinating story about how we see the world around us, the search for identity within that world and our obsessive/destructive interface with technology as a means to process reality, both conscious and unconscious. http://eattheblinds.blogspot.com/


  • Quotes: Eugene Fitzpatrick: 1999 was the year that the Indian nuclear satellite went out of control. Claire Tourneur: I don't know where he is. If I knew that, I would be with him; I would be making love to him! I can't believe I just said that. Burt: It's the sodium pentathol I put in your drink. It's a truth drug.
  • Also known as: Hasta el fin del mundo (Argentina), Hasta el fin del mundo (Spain), Hasta el fin del mundo (Uruguay), Til verdens ende (Denmark - imdb display title), Til verdens ende (Norway), Until the End of the World (UK), Until the End of the World (USA), A világ végéig (Hungary), Até ao Fim do Mundo (Portugal), Até o Fim do Mundo (Brazil), Az na koniec swiata (Poland), Do kraja svijeta (Croatia), Fino alla fine del mondo (Italy), Jusqu'au bout du monde (France), Maailman ääriin (Finland), Mehri to telos tou kosmou (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Till världens ände (Sweden),

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