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Orphans of the Storm
1921
· Movie
· 150 min
B
MEANRANK
72/100
Every rating
66–82
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 66, highest is AlloCiné on 82.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Two orphaned sisters, one blind and the other her devoted caretaker, travel to Paris seeking a cure for the blindness. They are tragically separated during the tumult of the French Revolution. One is adopted by aristocrats, the other falls in with revolutionaries. The film follows their individual struggles to survive and find each other amidst the chaos and violence of the revolution, a powerful personal story set against a historical epic.
Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- D.W. Griffith
- Studio
- D.W. Griffith Productions
- Released
- 28 December 1921
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 150 min
- Rated
- NR
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Cast
Full cast (26) →
Awards
1 win
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