France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, they decide to travel to Paris in search of a cure, but they separate when a lustful aristocrat crosses their path.
Directed by D.W. Griffith
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Lillian Gish
Henriette Girard
Dorothy Gish
Louise Girard
Joseph Schildkraut
Chevalier de Vaudrey
Creighton Hale
Picard
Monte Blue
Danton
Sidney Herbert
Robespierre
Lucille La Verne
Mother Frochard
Sheldon Lewis
Jacques Frochard
Frank Puglia
Pierre
Morgan Wallace
Marquis de Praille
Frank Losee
Count de Linieres
Leslie King
Jacques-Forget-Not
Katherine Emmet
Countess de Linieres
Flora Finch
A Starving Peasant (uncredited)
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