The scientist Martial Novalic, who discovers the comet, seeks a solution to the problem and becomes a fugitive after skeptical authorities blame him for starting a mass panic.

Isabelle Bolin attends with her boyfriend, the stock promoter Schomburg, who is entranced by the blonde actress playing Mary Magdalene, Genevieve de Murcie.

As Jean aids a young woman being abused, he is accused of rape and is critically wounded by a blow to the head.

With 92 days left, Schomburg invests heavily in armaments, while Martial goes to the rich Werster and tells him that the world will end.

Genevieve has remained single but helps to organize Radio Martial Novalic's broadcasts of peace bulletins.

Schomberg tells gangsters that he will pay a million francs if Martial and Werster are found dead before morning.

Genevieve returns to her father and joins Schomburg in the garden; the jealous Isabelle runs to warn Martial Novalic.

People around the world begin to pray as the comet looms larger in the sky, and extreme weather ensues, including blizzards, storms, tidal waves.

As the orbits of the comet and the Earth converge, Martial Novalic addresses the One World Congress, which unanimously agrees to unite all governments into a single harmonious entity.

The film was released in France in January 1931 under the title La Fin du monde at a rough length of 105 minutes and was never shown in the United States in this form.

[4][5] Auten's version was retitled Paris After Dark and included a new opening by Dr. Clyde Fisher discussing the scientific nature of the film.

[4] The lack of success of End of the World forced Gance to turn to more conventional subject matter in order to continue working as a filmmaker.