diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapper.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapper.kt
index d441fd8..e6de991 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapper.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapper.kt
@@ -37,16 +37,15 @@ internal fun ColumnReader.toEventDetailCore(
     // Recurring events store DURATION instead of DTEND, so the series row's
     // DTEND is null. Keep the event (end == begin); callers that opened a
     // specific occurrence supply the real per-occurrence times from
-    // CalendarContract.Instances. Only a present-but-backwards DTEND is malformed.
+    // CalendarContract.Instances. A present-but-backwards DTEND is malformed,
+    // but dropping the row would make the event un-openable — the same trap as
+    // the pre-1970 DTSTART bug above (issue #34): it would surface as the
+    // generic error screen with no way to open the event and fix it. Clamp to a
+    // zero-length event instead (matching SearchMapper's coerceAtLeast).
     val end = if (isNull(EventDetailProjection.IDX_DTEND)) {
         begin
     } else {
-        val rawEnd = getLong(EventDetailProjection.IDX_DTEND)
-        if (rawEnd < begin) {
-            Log.w(TAG, "Dropping event with dtend=$rawEnd < dtstart=$begin")
-            return null
-        }
-        rawEnd
+        getLong(EventDetailProjection.IDX_DTEND).coerceAtLeast(begin)
     }
 
     // Kept raw (no untitled fallback): the detail screen substitutes its own
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapperTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapperTest.kt
index 9870cde..299d2fe 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapperTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/de/jeanlucmakiola/calendula/data/calendar/EventDetailMapperTest.kt
@@ -120,9 +120,14 @@ class EventDetailMapperTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `dtend before dtstart drops detail`() {
+    fun `dtend before dtstart is clamped to a zero-length event, not dropped`() {
+        // A backwards DTEND is malformed, but dropping it would make the event
+        // un-openable (the "Something went wrong" trap, same as issue #34); keep
+        // it as a zero-length event so the user can still open and fix it.
         val detail = detailReader(dtstart = 2000L, dtend = 1000L).toDetail()
-        assertThat(detail).isNull()
+        assertThat(detail).isNotNull()
+        assertThat(detail!!.instance.start.toEpochMilliseconds()).isEqualTo(2000L)
+        assertThat(detail.instance.end.toEpochMilliseconds()).isEqualTo(2000L)
     }
 
     @Test