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Orphans of the Storm

(1921)

December 28, 1921 2h 30m
68%
TMDB Score

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

LG

Lillian Gish

Henriette Girard

DG

Dorothy Gish

Louise Girard

JS

Joseph Schildkraut

Chevalier de Vaudrey

CH

Creighton Hale

Picard

MB

Monte Blue

Danton

SH

Sidney Herbert

Robespierre

LLV

Lucille La Verne

Mother Frochard

SL

Sheldon Lewis

Jacques Frochard

FP

Frank Puglia

Pierre

MW

Morgan Wallace

Marquis de Praille