
A dramatic epic
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.
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)

Louis Wolheim
Executioner (uncredited)

Marcia Harris
Henriette's Landlady (uncredited)