Film

Orphans of the Storm

A dramatic epic

6.8

2h 30m

1921

“A dramatic epic”

Synopsis

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

DramaHistoryRomance

paris, francefrench revolutionbased on play or musicalremakefemale protagonistsilent film18th centuryblindnessaristocracysister sister relationshipfrench history