The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 2h 30m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
106 audience votes
Key crew
- D.W. GriffithDirector
- William Frederick PetersOriginal Music Composer
- D.W. GriffithScreenplay
Cast
- Lillian GishHenriette Girard
- Dorothy GishLouise Girard
- Joseph SchildkrautChevalier de Vaudrey
- Creighton HalePicard
- Monte BlueDanton
- Sidney HerbertRobespierre
- Lucille La VerneMother Frochard
- Sheldon LewisJacques Frochard
- Frank PugliaPierre
- Morgan WallaceMarquis de Praille
- Frank LoseeCount de Linieres
- Leslie KingJacques-Forget-Not
Stills
Themes
paris, francefrench revolutionbased on play or musicalremakefemale protagonistsilent film18th centuryblindnessaristocracysister sister relationshipfrench history