Orphans of the Storm

Name: Orphans of the Storm
Director: D.W. Griffith
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Released: 1921-12-28
Duration: 2 h 30 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Creighton Hale, Monte Blue

“A dramatic epic”

1921

2h 30m

Drama History Romance

Director: D.W. Griffith

Writer: D.W. Griffith

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.