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Hearts of the World is a american film of genre Drama directed by Erich von Stroheim released in USA on 11 march 1918 with Lillian Gish

Hearts of the World (1918)

Hearts of the World
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Released in USA 11 march 1918
Length 2h2
Directed by ,    ,    
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    War
Rating65% 3.292243.292243.292243.292243.29224

Hearts of the World (also known as Love's Struggle) is a 1918 American silent World War I propaganda film written, produced and directed by D. W. Griffith. In an effort to change the neutral mindset of the American public about the war, the British Government contacted Griffith to make the film due to his reputation for dramatic filmmaking and stature.

Hearts of the World stars Lillian and Dorothy Gish and Robert Harron. The film was produced by D.W. Griffith Productions, Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and the War Office Committee was distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Artcraft Pictures Corporation banner.

Synopsis

Two families live next to one another in a French village on the eve of World War I. The Boy in one of the families falls for the only daughter in the other family. As they make preparations for marriage, World War I breaks out, and, although the Boy is American, he feels he should fight for the country in which he lives.

Actors

Lillian Gish

(The Girl - Marie Stephenson)Dorothy Gish

(The Little Disturber)Ben Alexander

(The Boy's Littlest Brother)Robert Harron

(The Boy - Douglas Gordon Hamilton)Josephine Crowell

(The Mother)
And :
Erich von Stroheim
Robert Anderson
George Siegmann
John Harron
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