Storyline

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.—Jim Beaver

Plot Keywords

musician, carpenter, world war one, engagement, lechery, attempted rape, espionage, brother, red cross, hospital, american actor playing foreigner, village, army, rural setting, war crime, rescue, singer, war injury, artist, blindness

Short Review

It is interesting to note that instead of trying to outdo himself in staging gigantic battle scenes, [Griffith] used the great war only as a background for the filming of a simple and attractive love story of tremendous human interest.

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