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Hearts of the world / D.W. Griffith presents ; scenario by M. Gaston de Tolignac ; translated into English by Capt. Victor Marier ; under personal direction of D.W. Griffith.
LIBRA DVD PN1997 .H4378 2014
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Participation, Juvenile--Drama.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1914-1918--Children--France--Drama.
- Children.
- Military participation--Juvenile.
- France.
- Genre:
- Silent films.
- Feature films.
- Drama.
- War films.
- Propaganda films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (114 min.) : black and white, sound ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Distribution:
- Narberth, PA : Alpha Home Entertainment, 2014.
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles and added piano score.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1) presentation
- Summary:
- A group of youngsters grow up in a peaceful French village in 1912. But war intrudes and peace is shattered. The German army invades and occupies the village, bringing both destruction and torture. The young people of the village resist, some successfully, others tragically, until French troops retake the town.
- Participant:
- Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Dorothy Gish, Mary Gish, George Fawcett, Josephine Crowell, Erich von Stroheim.
- Credits:
- Photography, Billy Bitzer [and two others].
- Notes:
- Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1918.
- OCLC:
- 893976636
- Publisher Number:
- 089218735294
- 7352D ALP
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