Lillian Gish
Henriette Girard
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Orphans of the Storm is a 1921 American silent drama film by D. W. Griffith set in late-18th-century France, before and during the French Revolution.
- $3 million (worldwide rental) or $2 million
- D. W. Griffith
- $760,000
- December 28, 1921 (US)
Orphans of the Storm: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Frank Losee. Two orphaned sisters are caught up in the turmoil of the French Revolution, encountering misery and love along the way.
- (5.4K)
- Drama, History, Romance
- D.W. Griffith
- 1922-09-15
When the plague kills their parents, Henriette (Lillian Gish) and her blind adopted sister, Louise (Dorothy Gish), go to Paris in hopes of finding a doctor to restore Louise's sight.
- (45)
- Lillian Gish
- D.W. Griffith
- Drama
Jul 26, 2023 · Orphans of the Storm (1921) Lillian Gish (left) and Dorothy Gish in Orphans of the Storm. D.W. Griffith was a racist, and his most famous and infamous film, the 1915 Birth of a...
The epic tale of two step-sisters, Henriette and Louise Girard, caught up in the storm of the French Revolution. Louise, the child of an aristocrat, was abandoned on the cathedral steps where Henriette's father found her and took her home to raise as their own.
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Set on the eve of the French Revolution, D.W. Griffith's 1921 epic Orphans of the Storm interweaves history and melodrama in equal measure. Griffith follows the intertwined fates of two orphan girls, Henriette (Lillian Gish) and Louise (Dorothy Gish), whose fates are tied to the country's cruel divisions between rich and poor.
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- 150 min
