Orphans of the Storm
by D.W. Griffith
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Actor: Dorothy Gish, Frank Losee, Joseph Schildkraut, Katherine Emmet, Lillian GishDirector: D.W. Griffith
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, DVD-Video, NTSC, Silent
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 118 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Alpha Video
Movie Reviews of Orphans of the Storm
Movie Review: Wonderful Epic of the French Revolution!
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is truly wonderful and enjoyable and it makes you appreciate the earlier works of DW Griffith even more. DW grew with each film and the technical aspects become even more complex. Dorothy and Lillian Gish are sisters who travel to Paris on the verge of the French Revolution to find a cure for Dorothy's blindness. The women are woefully unprepared for the rough and tough Paris and both get lost into the city in different ways. Lillian gets caught up with aristocrats and Dorothy ends up with some very shady low life characters. As both struggle to get back together and survive the revolution. Did I mention that the two sisters aren't really sisters? Orson Welles has a great introduction to the film that shouldn't be missed. He is good at explaining DW Griffith's attachment to 19th century theatre and makes the case for forgiving that aspect of Griffith. This was Griffith's last major success, probably because the acting style he desired was becoming less popular and common in films. There is also a collection of rare photographs of Griffith and a 1908 film which Griffith acted in. The extras are well worth watching.
Summary of Orphans of the Storm
This is D.W. Griffith's last great success, an epic melodrama from 1922 about two orphaned girls (real-life sisters Lillian and Dorothy Gish) raised in the same house and tragically separated during the French Revolution's infamous reign of terror. While this is no Birth of a Nation or Intolerance, it still reveals Griffith's inimitable talent for spectacle and intimacy. Not surprisingly, it works best when focusing on the plight of the two sisters: Lillian is a peasant who cares for the blind Dorothy, a product of the deposed aristocracy. Orphans of the Storm is a film about intriguing pairings. Mingling with the upper class to help find Dorothy, Lillian falls in love with the handsome and compassionate Joseph Schildkraut (best known as Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank) and beguiles the influential Danton. Dorothy, meanwhile, is held captive by a family of gypsies, and is fought over by two brothers. Despite the lavish sets and Lillian's stirring performance, the love stories and political tumult don't quite mesh. But there are two magnificent moments emblematic of Griffith's dual talents: When Lillian recognizes Dorothy's plaintive voice outside her window and comes to her rescue, and the thrilling climax when Danton rescues Lillian from the guillotine. --Bill DesowitzClassics DVD Video
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