Hearts of the World (1918)Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War. Director:D.W. Griffith |
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Hearts of the World (1918)Young lovers in a French village are torn apart with the coming of the Great War. Director:D.W. Griffith |
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Adolph Lestina | ... |
The Grandfather
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Josephine Crowell | ... |
The Mother
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| Lillian Gish | ... |
The Girl - Marie Stephenson
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| Robert Harron | ... |
The Boy - Douglas Gordon Hamilton
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Jack Cosgrave | ... |
The Father of the Boy
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Kate Bruce | ... |
The Mother of the Boy
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| Ben Alexander | ... |
The Boy's Littlest Brother
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Marion Emmons | ... |
The Boy's Other Brother
(as M. Emmons)
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Francis Marion | ... |
The Boy's Other Brother
(as F. Marion)
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| Dorothy Gish | ... |
The Little Disturber
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Robert Anderson | ... |
Monsieur Cuckoo
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George Fawcett | ... |
The Village Carpenter
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George Siegmann | ... |
Von Strohm
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Fay Holderness | ... |
The Innkeeper
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L. Lowry | ... |
A Deaf and Blind Musician
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A group of youngsters grow up and love in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
An profound and astonishingly powerful film which, after the vile-spiritedness of "Birth Of A Nation" and the seeming hubris of "Intolerance", affirmed Griffith as a genuine humanist. A genuine anti-war film, unambivalent and unafraid to capture the truest horror.