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The End of the World 1916 Directed by August Blom Verdens undergang

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.

Country Denmark
Production Country Denmark
Language Danish
Spoken Language No Language
Production Company Nordisk Film Denmark
Release Date 1 April 1916
73 mins
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Olaf Fønss Frank Stoll, mine owner and stock market speculator
Carl Lauritzen West, mine foreman
Ebba Thomsen Dina, West's daughter and Flint's fiancée
Johanne Fritz-Petersen Edith, West's daughter
Thorleif Lund Flint, miner
Alf Blütecher Reymers, coxswain
Frederik Jacobsen The wandering preacher
K. Zimmerman Professor Wissmann, astronomical scholar
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