

Orphans of the Storm
Visit website6.9/10 • 87
1921-12-28 • 2h 30m
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.
- Directors
- D.W. Griffith
- Editors
- Rose Smith

Orphans of the Storm
Visit website1921-12-28 • 2h 30m
6.9/10 • 87
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.
- Directors
- D.W. Griffith
- Editors
- Rose Smith
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsLillian 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
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
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- Keywords
- epicparis, francefrench revolutionbased on play or musicalremakefemale protagonistsilent film18th centuryblindnessaristocracysister sister relationshipfrench history