Orphans of the Storm
A dramatic epic
1921-12-28 | 150 minutes
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.
Cast
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Lillian GishHenriette Girard
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Dorothy GishLouise Girard
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Joseph SchildkrautChevalier de Vaudrey
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Creighton HalePicard
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Monte BlueDanton
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Sidney HerbertRobespierre
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Lucille La VerneMother Frochard
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Sheldon LewisJacques Frochard
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Frank PugliaPierre
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Morgan WallaceMarquis de Praille
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Frank LoseeCount de Linieres
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Leslie KingJacques-Forget-Not
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Katherine EmmetCountess de Linieres
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Flora FinchA Starving Peasant (uncredited)
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Louis WolheimExecutioner (uncredited)
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Marcia HarrisHenriette's Landlady (uncredited)
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Lee KohlmarKing Louis XVI (uncredited)
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Kate BruceSister Geneviève (uncredited)
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Adolph LestinaThe Doctor (uncredited)
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