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Danish Silent Film

The Candle and the Moth

Holger-Madsen, 1915, 62 min

The young hothead Billy is drifting into a life of crime and has a violent quarrel with his girlfriend Nelly. When the lay preacher John Redmond steps in to defend her, Billy is hit by a feeling of remorse. Redmond tells Billy his life's story and inspires him to turn his life around. This film was supplied with alternative endings for Russia and Sweden.

English intertitles.

Genre

Drama

Melodrama

Production companies

Nordisk Films Kompagni

Production country

Denmark

Appearances

Valdemar Psilander

Frederik Jacobsen

Augusta Blad

Alma Hinding

Birger von Cotta-Schønberg

See all credits in the Danish Film Database

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