"Orphans of the Storm" (1921) director D. W. Griffith, cinematographer Billy Bitzer

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"Orphans of the Storm" is a historical drama directed by D. W. Griffith starring Lillian Gish. This film illustrates the work of cinematographer Billy Bitzer, a star of Silent Hall of Fame. You can see a slideshow of stills from this film and other interesting stuff on our website silent-hall-of-fame.org. Please support the legacy of silent movie stars by making a tax deductible contribution.
The events in the film occur before and during the French revolution of 1789.
The film enjoys a strong 7.8 rating in IMDB.
Directed by D. W. Griffith
Produced by D. W. Griffith
Scenario by D.W. Griffith
Based on The Two Orphans by Adolphe-Philippe D'Ennery and Eugène Cormon
Starring Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish
Cinematography Billy Bitzer
Editing by James Smith and Rose Smith
Distributed by United Artists
Release date December 28, 1921
Running time 150 min.
Country United States
Language Silent film, English intertitles
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[@Andyvyasfilms]

Masterpiece. I just forget to breathe at the end. One of the finest film. I just can't believe it was made 100 years ago...

[@Gregorius24]

100 years old-today. ❤️🎞

[@eyezwideopen]

This is such a good story. It gave me the same sort of feeling of doom and justice that I got from reading Les Misėrables. Unforgettable sorrow and compassion.

[@floppytelex5540]

Great film, a timeless masterpiece.

[@SP990]

Today I learnt that in the 18th century Robespierre overthrew the Bourbons with the help of the 20-century ideology of Bolshevism. Therefore, Robespierre was the world's first known time traveller

[@maxinelowe6285]

I liked it x

[@mirsadmemic5863]

In last 60 years have newer seen so realistic film describing human suffer with is replika of this days.Timeles movie.

[@daleleggett1215]

97 years ago

[@mariav1234]

Thanks for posting this!

[@silasespersen6569]

Thanks for the upload! Though it would be a bit better to watch the version with the music.

[@jeffwads]

I am going to colorize this masterwork. Should be quite sweet with such a great rip.

[@arthurpaes9694]

It was made with black and white in mind, why would you mess with it?

[@flamewellproductions6588]

@@arthurpaes9694 many B&W films are colorized, why not, just don't watch it

[@oneworld9071]

Good luck with that...... which pixel ya gonna start with? Allegedly there's ongoing lossy compression of videos for storage space purposes. This one's maximum available resolution is 480, but I've seen numerous cases of degraded quality likely a result of repeated compression. Across a huge number of vintage films are many that are just barely watchable and it's really hard to believe they were uploaded that way and further hard to believe they're just as pixelated on film.

[@mustafayldrm3966]

Cinema was borned.

[@coyotefever105]

I wonder if Stanley Kubrick viewed this for inspiration for Barry Lyndon

[@richardque4952]

No background music

[@thomasleary2814]

No kiddin’! Really?

[@PostcardsOfLife]

You may enjoy this tribute to Lillian Gish: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYq9hIuCft6BmtU

[@harunozdemir9292]

Neden ses yok

[@anarktv8098]

no audio

[@jamieharper7445]

That's because of copyright.

[@annedavis6090]

@Moises.. it's silent anyway...there is no sound

[@OnlyEdandTheAlmost]

@@annedavis6090 Silent films were never silent. There was always some kind of musical accompaniment.

[@annedavis6090]

@@OnlyEdandTheAlmost ok Ed...this is true. But I'm sure you understood my meaning.

[@Anon-nv7bp]

@Josh Allen the music in silent films, usually orchestral, matched events on screen. it wasn't just some random music.

[@Jean-Louis-Laylle]

Bolshevism? In midst of the French Revolution? Robespierre was Bolshevik? Oh man that's a terrible anachronism!

[@JudgeJulieLit]

Filmmakers likely wanted to draw parallels to the decade this film was made.

[@mazadancoseben4818]

@@JudgeJulieLit , if they did it today, they would be called "wokr trash"

[@SP990]

Robespierre is the political Terminator

[@singha2927]

how can they understood silent flim ?

[@annedavis6090]

You have to watch...

[@floppytelex5540]

Intertitles to understand the main plot and main dialogues, exaggerated facial expressions and gestures to understand the emotions and personalities of characters. Also movies were mostly shown with live music (piano or even orchestra) to depict the atmosphere.