Hearts of the World
Hearts of the World
Release: 1918-03-11
·Runtime: 117m
·★ 6.0
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
War Office Committee
D.W. Griffith Productions
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Cast
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