The Little American

  • Drama
  • War
  • Romance
7/12/1917
63

The silent sufferers

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

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  • Geronimo1967

    With the Great War ravaging Europe as this film was made, its a clear signal of patriotism from star Mary Pickford as she depicts the feisty Angela. Shes from wealthy stock and on her birthday is being courted by French Count Jules (Raymond Hatton) and by her slight favourite, the Prussian soldier Karl (Jack Holt). Before she has to make any choices, though, both head to their respective homes to fight. Shortly thereafter, she decides to travel to her aunts home in France only for her liner to be torpedoed and for her to find that when she eventually arrives at her stately pile that the Bosch are intent on billeting there and behaving abominably too. Her American status gives her a degree of protection so long as she stays out of the confli...

    February 20, 2025

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