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The End of the World

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.

Top 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

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.

Rating

6.3 / 10
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