A ROMANCE OF THE GREAT 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.
Lillian Gish Robert Harron Dorothy Gish Adolph Lestina Josephine Crowell Jack Cosgrave Kate Bruce Ben Alexander Marion Emmons Francis Marion Robert Anderson George Fawcett George Siegmann Fay Holderness L. Lowry Eugene Pouyet Anna Mae Walthall Yvette Duvoisin Herbert Sutch George Nichols Mary Gish Mary Hay Erich von Stroheim Noël Coward Louise Emmons John Harron David Lloyd George
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