Movie·1921·2h 30m
Orphans of the Storm
A dramatic epic
Country
United States of America
Language
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The Story
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.
Producer
D.W. Griffith
Cinematography
Paul H. Allen
Music
William Frederick Peters
Editor
James Smith
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
104 votes
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// cast
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)
Lee Kohlmar
King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Kate Bruce
Sister Geneviève (uncredited)
// crew
Crew
D.W. Griffith
Director, Screenplay, Producer
William Frederick Peters
Original Music Composer
Paul H. Allen
Director of Photography
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Hendrik Sartov
Director of Photography
James Smith
Editor
Rose Smith
Editor
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