Vive la France! (1918)
1918 · Silent film · 50 min · dir. Roy William Neill
- Drama
- War
Synopsis
Upon hearing that her parents have been killed in the war, actress Genevieve Bouchette returns to her native village of Deschon, France, and engages in Red Cross work. The Germans capture the town, and when Genevieve refuses to submit to the amorous demands of one of the soldiers, he orders her branded with the "cross of shame." Her sweetheart, Jean Picard, now a volunteer in the French army, is seriously wounded while attempting to deliver important orders to Col. Bouchier, and Genevieve saves his life by telling his pursuers that he is dead. After delivering the papers herself, Genevieve visits her lover in the hospital, but he fails to recognize her, having lost his memory through shell shock. When Jean sees the cross of shame of Genevieve's breast, however, his memory returns, and the two pledge their troth.
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Details
- Director
- Roy William Neill
- Writer
- H.H. Van Loan
- Cinematography
- George Barnes
- Studio
- Thomas H. Ince Corporation
- Released
- 1918-09-15
- Running time
- 50 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Silent Films, Feature Films
Cast & crew
Roy William Neill Director
Dorothy Dalton
Edmund Lowe
Fred Starr
Tom Guise
Bert Woodruff
Bert Sprotte- Eunice Woodruff
