Hearts of the World

A ROMANCE OF THE GREAT WAR

Categories: Drama, War
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1918-03-11
Run time: 117 minute / 1:57
Director: D.W. Griffith
Production Companies : War Office Committee, D.W. Griffith Productions, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Production Country: United States of America

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Lillian Gish
as The Girl - Marie Stephenson
Robert Harron
as The Boy - Douglas Gordon Hamilton
Dorothy Gish
as The Little Disturber
Adolph Lestina
as The Grandfather
Josephine Crowell
as The Mother
Jack Cosgrave
as The Father of the Boy
Kate Bruce
as The Mother of the Boy
Ben Alexander
as The Boy's Littlest Brother
Marion Emmons
as The Boy's Other Brother
Francis Marion
as The Boy's Other Brother
Robert Anderson
as Monsieur Cuckoo
George Fawcett
as The Village Carpenter
George Siegmann
as Von Strohm
Fay Holderness
as The Innkeeper
L. Lowry
as A Deaf and Blind Musician
Eugene Pouyet
as A Poilu
Anna Mae Walthall
as A French Peasant Girl
Yvette Duvoisin
as A Refugee
Herbert Sutch
as A French Major
George Nichols
as A German Sergeant
Mary Gish
as A Refugee Mother
Mary Hay
as A Dancer
Erich von Stroheim
as A Hun
Noël Coward
as The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets
Louise Emmons
John Harron
as A Boy with a Barrel
David Lloyd George
as Himself
Directing
D.W. Griffith Director

Writing
D.W. Griffith Writer

Production
D.W. Griffith Producer

Sound
Joseph Nurnberger Music

Editing
Rose Smith Editor
James Smith Editor

Crew
Hendrik Sartov Cinematography
Alfred Machin Cinematography

Art
Frank Wortman Set Designer

Camera
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography

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