The read
It runs a compact 1h 13m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
25 audience votes
Key crew
- Otto RungWriter
- August BlomDirector
Cast
- Olaf FønssFrank Stoll, mine owner and stock market speculator
- Carl LauritzenWest, mine foreman
- Ebba ThomsenDina, West's daughter and Flint's fiancée
- Johanne Fritz-PetersenEdith, West's daughter
- Thorleif LundFlint, miner
- Alf BlütecherReymers, coxswain
- Frederik JacobsenThe wandering preacher
- K. ZimmermanProfessor Wissmann, astronomical scholar
- Moritz BielawskiCast
- Erik HolbergCast
Stills
Themes
end of the worldflooddisaster movie