Orphans of the Storm backdrop

Orphans of the Storm 1921 Directed by D.W. Griffith

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language No Language
Gneres Drama , History , Romance
Production Company D.W. Griffith Productions
Release Date 28 December 1921
150 mins
Cast
Lillian Gish Henriette Girard
Dorothy Gish Louise Girard
Joseph Schildkraut Chevalier de Vaudrey
Monte Blue Danton
Sidney Herbert Robespierre
Lucille La Verne Mother Frochard
Sheldon Lewis Jacques Frochard
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)
Adolph Lestina The Doctor (uncredited)