Orphans of the Storm (1921)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, History, Romance
Release: 1922-09-15
Director: D.W. Griffith
Writers: Adolphe d’Ennery , Eugène Cormon , D.W. Griffith
Language: English
Stars: Lillian Gish , Dorothy Gish , Joseph Schildkraut (1896–1964) , Frank Losee , Katherine Emmet , Morgan Wallace (I) (1881–1953) , Lucille La Verne , Sheldon Lewis , Frank Puglia , Creighton Hale
Runtime: 150 min
Awards: 1 win
AKA: Árvák a viharban (Hungary) , Сиротки бури (Russian Federation) , Orphans of the Storm (Australia) , Rewolutsiooni lapsed (Estonia) , İki Yetime (Turkey) , Arashi no Koji (Japan) , Dwie sieroty (Poland) , Orphans of the Storm (United Kingdom) , De to Forældreløse (Denmark) , Le due orfanelle (Italy) , Orpolapset (Finland) , Zwei Waisen im Sturm der Zeiten (Austria) , Ai dyo orfanai (Greece) , Zwei Waisen im Sturm (Germany) , Cele două orfeline (Romania) , Orphans of the Storm (United States of America) , Huérfanas de la tormenta (Argentina) , Órfas da Tempestade (Brazil) , Sirotice u buri , De föräldralösa (Sweden) , Αι δύο ορφαναί (Greece) , The Two Orphans (United States of America) , 嵐の孤児 (Japan) , A két árva (Hungary) , Las dos huérfanas (Spain) , Órfãs da Tempestade (Brazil) , Les Deux Orphelines (France, French Republic) , As Duas Orfãs (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Orphans of the Storm , Myrskyn lapset (Finland) , As Duas Órfãs (Brazil)
Plot: Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. They go to Paris to see if Louise's blindness can be cured, but are separated when an aristocrat lusts after Henriette and abducts her. Only Chevalier de Vaudrey is kind to her, and they fall in love. The French Revolution replaces the corrupt Aristocracy with the equally corrupt Robespierre. De Vaudrey, who has always been good to peasants, is condemned to death for being an aristocrat, and Henriette for harboring him. Will revolutionary hero Danton, the only voice for mercy in the new regime, be able to save them from the guillotine?
IMDB:tt0012532