The World Will Shake
6.2
In this sci-fi film, a scientist invents a prescient machine that can tell people when they will die. Oddly enough, the people do not want to know and therefore begin to riot…
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Cast
28 people
Claude Dauphin
Jean Durand
Known for
Barbarella
Le Plaisir
Madeleine Sologne
Marie-France Lassere
Also in
The Eternal Return
Le Dessous des cartes
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Also in
Bardot, The Misunderstanding
Morceaux de Cannes
Richard Pottier
Raymond Borderie
Also in
Keiko and Yves Get Married
Erich von Stroheim
Emil Lasser / Monsieur Frank
Known for
Sunset Boulevard
Grand Illusion
Francis Didelot
Roger Duchesne
Gérard Gallois / Gérard Gallois (uncredited)
Known for
Bob le Flambeur
The Story of a Cheat
Charles Robert-Dumas
Armand Bernard
Martelet
Known for
Boys' School
Le Million
J Villard
Robert Le Vigan
Le Greffier
Known for
Port of Shadows
The Lower Depths
Richard Pottier Director · Henri-Georges Clouzot Screenplay
First release May 10, 1939 · Produced in France · Original title Le monde tremblera
Production
Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Le monde tremblera
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · May 10, 1939
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
July 26, 1946 · Theatrical
Belgium
November 9, 1945 · Theatrical
Hungary
May 15, 1945 · Theatrical
Italy
August 1, 1939 · Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Netherlands
January 5, 1940 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 1, 1940 · Theatrical
Spain
October 9, 1942 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
October 26, 1942 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
Sweden
October 14, 1940 · Theatrical
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