Orphans of the Storm
92 reviews
Drama/History
2h 30m
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...
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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.
- DirectorD.W. Griffith
- Release28 December 1921
- Genre
- Duration2h 30m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate92 reviews
- Productions
D.W. Griffith Productions
Cast

Lillian Gish
Henriette Girard

Dorothy Gish
Louise Girard

Joseph Schildkraut
Chevalier de Vaudrey

Creighton Hale
Picard

Monte Blue
Danton

Sidney Herbert
Robespierre

Lucille La Verne
Mother Frochard

Sheldon Lewis
Jacques Frochard

Frank Puglia
Pierre

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)
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