Hearts of the World
Drama
War
A ROMANCE OF THE GREAT WAR
A group of youth come of age in a peaceful French village. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies, bringing both destruction and torture. The youngsters resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.
1918-03-11
en
Cast
Director
D.W. Griffith
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
Kate Bruce as The Mother of the Boy
Ben Alexander as The Boy's Littlest Brother
Robert Anderson as Monsieur Cuckoo
George Fawcett as The Village Carpenter
George Siegmann as Von Strohm
Fay Holderness as The Innkeeper
George Nichols as A German Sergeant
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