The End of the World (1916 film)

The End of the World
Poster of the film The End of the World
Directed by	August Blom
Written by	Otto Rung
Starring	Ebba Thomsen
Cinematography	Louis Larsen
Distributed by	Fotorama
Release dates	1916 (1916)
Running time	77 Minutes
Country	Denmark
Language	Silent film Danish intertitles

The End of the World (Danish: Verdens Undergang) is a 1916 Danish science fiction drama film directed by August Blom and written by Otto Rung, starring Olaf Fønss and Ebba Thomsen. The film depicts a worldwide catastrophe when an errant comet passes by Earth and causes natural disasters and social unrest. Blom and his crew created special effects for the comet disaster using showers of fiery sparks and shrouds of smoke. The film attracted a huge audience because of fears generated during the passing of Halley's comet six years earlier, as well as the ongoing turbulence and unrest of World War I.^[1] The film is also known as The Flaming Sword. It was restored by the Danish Film Institute and released on DVD in 2006.

Cast

Olaf Fønss as Frank Stoll
Ebba Thomsen as Dina, West's daughter
Johanne Fritz-Petersen as Edith, West's daughter
Frederik Jacobsen as the wandering prophet
Carl Lauritzen as Mine owner West
Thorleif Lund as the miner Flint
Alf Blutecher as Director Reymers
K. Zimmerman as Astronomer Wissmann
Moritz Beilawski
Erik Holberg

References

↑ "Verdens undergang". Det Danske Filminstitut. Retrieved 2008-05-22.

External links

The End of the World at the Internet Movie Database
The End of the World on YouTube
Det Danske Filminstitut (Danish)

Planetary defense

Main topics	Asteroid Bolide Earth-grazing fireball Impact event List of meteor air bursts Meteor procession Meteor shower Meteorite Meteoroid Near-Earth object Potentially hazardous object

Defense	Asteroid impact avoidance Asteroid close approaches Earth-crossing minor planets Gravity tractor Ion Beam Shepherd Damage scales Palermo scale Torino scale

Space probes	AIDA Asteroid Redirect Mission Dawn Deep Impact Halley Armada Hayabusa Hayabusa 2 PROCYON NEAR Shoemaker New Horizons OSIRIS-REx Rosetta Philae Stardust

NEO tracking	ATLAS Catalina Sky Survey LINEAR LONEOS NEAT NEOSSat NEOCam NEODyS OGS Telescope Orbit@home Pan-STARRS SCAP Sentinel Space Telescope Sentry Spacewatch WISE

Organizations	B612 Foundation Japan Spaceguard Association Meteoritical Society NEOShield Spaceguard The Spaceguard Foundation Space Situational Awareness Programme Planetary Defense Coordination Office

Potential threats	1950 DA 1994 WR₁₂ 101955 Bennu 2002 MN (410777) 2009 FD 2010 RF₁₂ 99942 Apophis

Films/video	(1916) The End of the World (1951) When Worlds Collide (1962) Gorath (1968) The Green Slime (1968) The Paradise Syndrome (1978) A Fire in the Sky (1979) Meteor (1995) NOVA: Doomsday Asteroid (1997) Asteroid (1998) Deep Impact (1998) Armageddon (1999) Judgment Day (2004) Post Impact (2006) Deadly Skies (2007) Super Comet: After the Impact (2009) Impact (2009) NOVA: Last Extinction (2010) Meteor Storm (2010) HORIZON: Asteroids–The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2011) Melancholia (2013) NOVA: Meteor Strike (2013) NOVA: Asteroid: Doomsday or Payday? (2015) Impact Earth

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