The Candle and the Moth

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.

Directed by Holger-Madsen

Top 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

P

Peter Jørgensen

Svend Kornbeck

Ironfist / Charley

O

Oscar Nielsen

I

Ingeborg Olsen

Johannes Ring

Vicar

Carl Schenstrøm

Robert Schyberg

B

Birger von Cotta-Schønberg

Billy Sanders

Details