Orphans of the Storm (1921)

Name: Orphans of the Storm
Director: D.W. Griffith
Released: 1921-12-28
Rating: 6.766
Cast: Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Joseph Schildkraut, Creighton Hale, Monte Blue

DramaHistoryRomance

150 min

"A dramatic epic"

Plot Summary

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.