The Candle and the Moth (1915)

6.2/10 62 min Drama

Overview

Young hothead Billy, quick to speak and drifting into a life of crime, has many encounters the community's lay preacher, John Redmond. Billy's conscience stirs as Redmond recounts his life's story. Holger-Madsen supplied three different endings for the film's various releases.

Cast

Valdemar Psilander

John Redmond, Evangeliemanden

Philip Bech

Dommer

Augusta Blad

Mrs. Redmond, Johns mor

Axel Boesen

Fange/festdeltager

Else Frölich

En letlevende dame

Alma Hinding

Nelly Gray, syerske

Frederik Jacobsen

Bankdirektør Redmond, Johns far

Svend Kornbeck

Ironfist / Charley

Johannes Ring

Vicar

Carl Schenstrøm

Robert Schyberg

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