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1921 film directed by D. W. Griffith

Orphans of the Storm is a 1921 American silent melodrama film^[4] by D. W. Griffith set in late-18th-century France, before and during the French Revolution.

The last Griffith film to feature both Lillian and Dorothy Gish, it was a commercial failure compared to his earlier works, such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920).^[5]

Griffith used historical events to comment on contemporary events, in this case the French Revolution to warn about the rise of Bolshevism.^[6] The film is about class conflict and a polemic for “inter-class understanding” and against “destructive hatred”.

Resources - Orphans of the Storm

At one point, in front of the Committee of Public Safety, a main character pleads, "Yes I am an aristocrat, but a friend of the people."

The film is based on the 1874 French play Les Deux Orphelines by Adolphe d'Ennery and Eugène Cormon.

Plot

Just before Silents are Golden: A Closer Look At – Orphans of the Storm ...

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