Drama History Romance
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.
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Kate Bruce
Sister Geneviève (uncredited)
Lillian Gish
Henriette Girard
Lee Kohlmar
King Louis XVI (uncredited)
Lucille La Verne
Mother Frochard
Frank Losee
Count de Linieres
Kenny Delmar
The Chevalier - as a Boy
Frank Puglia
Pierre
Creighton Hale
Picard
Monte Blue
Danton
Dorothy Gish
Louise Girard
Sheldon Lewis
Jacques Frochard
Flora Finch
A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
Frances Robinson
Henriette as a Child (uncredited)
Joseph Schildkraut
Chevalier de Vaudrey
Adolph Lestina
The Doctor (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Marquis de Praille
Leslie King
Jacques-Forget-Not
Frank O'Connor
Party Guest (uncredited)
Marcia Harris
Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)
Katherine Emmet
Countess de Linieres
Sidney Herbert
Robespierre
Louis Wolheim
Executioner (uncredited)
Herbert Sutch
Meat Carver at Festival
Fay Marbe
Dancer (uncredited)
Jill Rainsford
Rita Rogan
Louise as a child (uncredited)

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