The End of the World

The End of the World

1916
1h 13m
6.1

6.1/10

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Overview

Foreman West lives in a small mining town with his daughters Edith and Dina. When entrepreneur and mine owner Frank Stoll comes to town to inspect the work, he falls in love with Dina. Against her father's will, she elopes with the unscrupulous Stoll. News of a meteor approaching the earth causes panic and Stoll exploits the situation to make a killing on the stock market; Collaborating with the press to quell the news of the meteor eases public tensions and guarantees him a fortune. He plans to survive in a secret underground tunnel, with Dina and his wealthy pals in tow. But things don't go as planned.

Status: Released

Language: DA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Nordisk Film Denmark
Production Countries
Denmark
Spoken Languages
No Language

Quick Facts

Original Title Verdens undergang
Release Date April 1, 1916
Status Released
Language DA
IMDb ID tt0128813

Cast

Olaf Fønss
Olaf Fønss

Frank Stoll, mine owner and stock market speculator

Carl Lauritzen
Carl Lauritzen

West, mine foreman

Ebba Thomsen
Ebba Thomsen

Dina, West's daughter and Flint's fiancée

Johanne Fritz-Petersen
Johanne Fritz-Petersen

Edith, West's daughter

Thorleif Lund
Thorleif Lund

Flint, miner

Alf Blütecher
Alf Blütecher

Reymers, coxswain

Frederik Jacobsen
Frederik Jacobsen

The wandering preacher

K. Zimmerman
K. Zimmerman

Professor Wissmann, astronomical scholar

Moritz Bielawski
Moritz Bielawski

Erik Holberg
Erik Holberg

Key Crew

August Blom
Director
Otto Rung
Writer
Ole Olsen
Producer