Orphans of the Storm

6.8

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.

Discover

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

Katherine Emmet

Countess de Linieres

Flora Finch

A Starving Peasant (uncredited)

Louis Wolheim

Executioner (uncredited)

Marcia Harris

Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)

Lee Kohlmar

King Louis XVI (uncredited)

Kate Bruce

Sister Geneviève (uncredited)

Adolph Lestina

The Doctor (uncredited)

Art

Charles M. Kirk

Art Direction

Edward Scholl

Set Designer

Camera

Paul H. Allen

Director of Photography

Billy Bitzer

Director of Photography

Hendrik Sartov

Director of Photography

Directing

D.W. Griffith

Director

Herbert Sutch

Assistant Director

Editing

James Smith

Editor

Rose Smith

Editor

Production

D.W. Griffith

Producer

Sound

William Frederick Peters

Original Music Composer

Writing

D.W. Griffith

Screenplay

Eugène Cormon

Theatre Play

Adolphe d'Ennery

Theatre Play

Art

Charles M. Kirk

Art Direction

Edward Scholl

Set Designer

Camera

Paul H. Allen

Director of Photography

Billy Bitzer

Director of Photography

Hendrik Sartov

Director of Photography

Directing

D.W. Griffith

Director

Herbert Sutch

Assistant Director

Editing

James Smith

Editor

Rose Smith

Editor

Production

D.W. Griffith

Producer

Sound

William Frederick Peters

Original Music Composer

Writing

D.W. Griffith

Screenplay

Eugène Cormon

Theatre Play

Adolphe d'Ennery

Theatre Play