The End of the World

(1916)

★ 6.3 IMDb · 25 votes

Genres: Sci-Fi, Action, Drama

Year: 1916

Runtime: 73 мин

Country: Denmark

Director: Август Блом

Cast: Olaf Fønss, Carl Lauritzen, Ebba Thomsen, Johanne Fritz-Petersen, Thorleif Lund, Alf Blütecher, Frederik Jacobsen, K. Zimmerman, Moritz Bielawski, Erik Holberg

Plot

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.