The End of the World

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.

Cast

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

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Thorleif Lund

Flint, miner

Alf Blütecher

Reymers, coxswain

Frederik Jacobsen

The wandering preacher

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K. Zimmerman

Professor Wissmann, astronomical scholar

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Moritz Bielawski

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Erik Holberg