Orphans of the Storm

D.W. Griffith
1921-12-28

A dramatic epic
6.8
150 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Lillian Gish Henriette Girard Unowned
Dorothy Gish Louise Girard Unowned
Joseph Schildkraut Chevalier de Vaudrey Unowned
Creighton Hale Picard Unowned
Monte Blue Danton Unowned
Sidney Herbert Robespierre Unowned
Lucille La Verne Mother Frochard Unowned
Sheldon Lewis Jacques Frochard Unowned
Frank Puglia Pierre Unowned
Morgan Wallace Marquis de Praille Unowned
Frank Losee Count de Linieres Unowned
Leslie King Jacques-Forget-Not Unowned
Katherine Emmet Countess de Linieres Unowned
Flora Finch A Starving Peasant (uncredited) Unowned
Louis Wolheim Executioner (uncredited) Unowned
Marcia Harris Henriette's Landlady (uncredited) Unowned
Lee Kohlmar King Louis XVI (uncredited) Unowned
Kate Bruce Sister Geneviève (uncredited) Unowned
Adolph Lestina The Doctor (uncredited) Unowned