Les Deux Orphelines

Synopsis

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.

Release date

28 Dec 1921

Directed by

D.W. Griffith

Runtime

2h 30m

Original title

Orphans of the Storm

Cast

Lillian 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

Morgan Wallace

Marquis de Praille

Frank Losee

Count de Linieres

Leslie King

Jacques-Forget-Not