Orphans of the Storm

Orphans of the Storm (1921)

Drama, History, Romance2 hours and 30 minutes
68%
User score

A dramatic epic

Description

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.

D.W. Griffith
Director, Screenplay
Eugène Cormon
Theatre Play
Adolphe d'Ennery
Theatre Play

Actors

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

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

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Keywords
epicparis, francefrench revolutionbased on play or musicalremakefemale protagonistsilent film18th centuryblindnessaristocracysister sister relationshipfrench history