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The End of the World

The End of the World

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 1, 1916

Runtime

1h 13m

Genres

Science Fiction, Action, Drama

User Score

60%

Original Title

Verdens undergang

Production Companies

Nordisk Film Denmark

Director

August Blom

Description

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.