Orphans of the Storm (1921)

Name: Orphans of the Storm
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1921-12-28
Duration: 150 min
Cast: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Creighton Hale, Monte Blue

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.

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Released 1921-12-28 · 150 min · Drama, History, Romance

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Cast

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