We don't know how long La fin du monde might have been had Gance been allowed to finish it, but it was taken away from him and cut to 105 intriguing minutes. The only version released in the United States is a drastically hacked 54-minute 1934 cut that eliminates the major character played by Abel Gance almost completely. Other sources say that this shorter version The End of the World begins with a lengthy filmed lecture on the heavens by an astronomer, and makes no sense whatsoever.