Orphans of the Storm

Orphans of the Storm

150 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Dec. 28, 1921

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.

Orphans of the Storm

150 mins | Drama, Romance, History | Dec. 28, 1921

Orphans of the Storm
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers D.W. Griffith Productions
Original title Orphans of the Storm
Directors Herbert Sutch, D.W. Griffith
Writers Eugène Cormon, Adolphe d'Ennery, 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)

Marcia Harris

as Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)

Lee Kohlmar

as King Louis XVI (uncredited)

Kate Bruce

as Sister Geneviève (uncredited)

Adolph Lestina

as The Doctor (uncredited)