After making his masterpiece INTOLERANCE (1916), D.W. Griffith was invited by the British government to come to Europe and make a morale-boosting WWI film. He accepted and produced the underrated HEARTS OF THE WORLD, partially filming some its staggering battle scenes on the actual
locations where the war was taking place at the time.
In 1914 France, two American families live next door to each other in a small village. Marie Stephenson (Lillian Gish), the daughter of one of the families, and Douglas Hamilton (Robert Harron), the son of the other family, fall in love and plan to get married, but postpone the wedding when the
Germans invade and war is declared. ...
Released:
1918
Rated:
NR
Length:
123 mins