Orphans of the Storm

About Orphans of the Storm

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters.

D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm is a 1921 history romance film. At 150 minutes long, it arrived in December 1921.

The film is filed under sister sister relationship, 18th century, blindness, and french revolution. The film began as a stage production.

Lillian Gish stars as Henriette Girard, Dorothy Gish as Louise Girard, Joseph Schildkraut as Chevalier de Vaudrey, and Creighton Hale as Picard. The screenplay is by D.W. Griffith. It streams on Fandor Amazon Channel, FlixFling, and fuboTV in the United States.

The Phantom of the Opera, A Little Chaos, and The Madness of King George make useful companions to Orphans of the Storm, all filed under aristocracy, female protagonist, and based on play or musical. TMDB voters put it at 6.8 out of 10 across 106 votes and it carries a NR rating.