Orphans of the Storm Movie Overview

Orphans of the Storm - Overview

Genre: Drama

Opened: Dec 28, 1921 Run Time: 2hrs 5min

Cast: Lillian Gish Dorothy Gish Joseph Schildkraut Frank Losee

Synopsis

Orphans of the Storm: 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. As soon as they arrive, Henriette is kidnapped by an amoral aristocrat (Morgan Wallace), but escapes with the help of Chevalier de Vaudrey (Joseph Schildkraut). Louise, meanwhile, is taken in by thieves who force her to beg. As the French Revolution rages all around ... Read More

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Lillian Gish

Dorothy Gish

Joseph Schildkraut

Reviews (11)

sirpant, Flixster

A beautiful melodrama following two sisters on a journey of loss and recovery during the French Revolution. Historically impeccable and based on the novel by Ad...

mater..., Flixster

Story takes place in France before and after the Revolution. Louise (Dorothy Gish) and Henriette (Lillian Gish) are brought up together but are not really siste...

Orphans of the Storm - Overview