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Orphans of the Storm

D.W. Griffith

1921 • 2h 30m

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...

Orphans of the Storm

Cast

Lillian Gish

Lillian GishHenriette Girard

Dorothy Gish

Dorothy GishLouise Girard

Joseph Schildkraut

Joseph SchildkrautChevalier de Vaudrey

Creighton Hale

Creighton HalePicard

Monte Blue

Monte BlueDanton

Sidney Herbert

Sidney HerbertRobespierre

Lucille La Verne

Lucille La VerneMother Frochard

Sheldon Lewis

Sheldon LewisJacques Frochard

Frank Puglia

Frank PugliaPierre

Morgan Wallace

Morgan WallaceMarquis de Praille

Frank Losee

Frank LoseeCount de Linieres

Leslie King

Leslie KingJacques-Forget-Not

Katherine Emmet

Katherine EmmetCountess de Linieres

Flora Finch

Flora FinchA Starving Peasant (uncredited)

Louis Wolheim

Louis WolheimExecutioner (uncredited)

Crew

D.W. Griffith

D.W. GriffithDirector

Billy Bitzer

Billy BitzerDirector of Photography

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