Orphans of the Storm

  • Drama
  • History
  • Romance
12/28/1921
150
NR

A dramatic epic

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.

Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writer:
D.W. Griffith
    • epic
    • paris, france
    • french revolution
    • based on play or musical
    • remake
    • female protagonist
    • silent film
    • 18th century
    • blindness
    • aristocracy
    • sister sister relationship
    • french history

    Videos

    Cast

    • Lillian Gish
      Henriette Girard
    • Dorothy Gish
      Louise Girard
    • Joseph Schildkraut
      Chevalier de Vaudrey
    • Creighton Hale
      Picard
    • Monte Blue
      Danton
    • Sidney Herbert
      Robespierre
    • Lucille La Verne
      Mother Frochard
    • Sheldon Lewis
      Jacques Frochard
    • Frank Puglia
      Pierre
    • Morgan Wallace
      Marquis de Praille
    • Frank Losee
      Count de Linieres
    • Leslie King
      Jacques-Forget-Not
    • Katherine Emmet
      Countess de Linieres
    • Flora Finch
      A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
    • Louis Wolheim
      Executioner (uncredited)
    • Marcia Harris
      Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)

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