The Little American
The silent sufferers
1917 · 1h 3m · Not Rated
Drama, Romance, War
Directed by
Cecil B. DeMille
Overview
A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.
Director and cast
- Cecil B. DeMille Director
- Mary Pickford as Angela Moore
- Jack Holt as Karl von Austreim
- Raymond Hatton as Count Jules de Destin
- Hobart Bosworth as German Colonel
- Walter Long as German Captain
- Wallace Beery as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Norman Kerry as Wounded Soldier (uncredited)
- Colleen Moore Cast
- Ramon Novarro Cast
- Sam Wood Cast
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