The End of the World

(1916)Directed by August Blom73 minScience Fiction, Action, Drama

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.

Olaf Fønssas Frank Stoll, mine owner and stock market speculator
Carl Lauritzenas West, mine foreman
Ebba Thomsenas Dina, West's daughter and Flint's fiancée
Johanne Fritz-Petersenas Edith, West's daughter
Thorleif Lundas Flint, miner
Alf Blütecheras Reymers, coxswain
Frederik Jacobsenas The wandering preacher
K. Zimmermanas Professor Wissmann, astronomical scholar
Moritz Bielawski
Erik Holberg