Movie Description
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
(1919)Overview
After a prologue where we are shown the backgrounds of Wilhelm II and Woodrow Wilson, we see the story of Conrad Le Brett from Alsace-Lorraine. Forced to fight for Germany Conrad, sees soldiers taking girls into a church to rape them and kills one who murders a baby. Shot in the encounter he is taken to a Brussels hospital run by nurse Edith Cavell where he falls in love with American nurse, Amy Gordon. After Edith Cavell assassination and the murder of Conrad’s sister Vilma by the evil Lieutenant Ober Conrad honors her dying request that he go to America and defend Alsace-Lorraine's reputation. Once there he convinces President Wilson that Alsatians should be allowed to enlist. Fighting with the "doughboys," Conrad kills Ober, and after the armistice, returns to Amy.
Featured Crew
- Director : Charles Miller
- Writer : Albert S. Le Vino,June Mathis
- Cast : Creighton Hale,Edward Connelly,Helen Ferguson,Frank Currier,Frederick Truesdell,Henry Kolker,Joseph Kilgour,Margaret McWade,Earl Schenck,Baby Ivy Ward,Andy Clark,Leo Delaney,Karl Dane,Florence Billings,Henry Carvill,Florence Short,Mrs. Hunt,James A. Furey,Fred R. Stanton,Fanny Cogan,Emil Hoch,Charles Michael Edwards,May Allen,Carl De Mel,John McCabe,Frank Harkness,Robert Harvey,Jane McEachern,William W. Cohill,William Busby,Count De Planter,Grace Marceau,Frances Cornell,Pauline Dempsey,Henry Van Bousen,Herbert E. Jelley,Herman Gerold,William Gaffney,J.H. Forsell,J.C. Dunn,Frank Mood,William Willis,Raymond Hayes,Aubrey Lowell,Fred T. Des Bresney,Antonio Vitolli,John Laffey,Louis Stern,Richard Dorsey,Henry Pettibone,Richard Walton,T. Tamamoto
Cast
Conrad Le Brett
Paul Le Brett
Amy Gordon
William Gordon
Woodrow Wilson
Kaiser Wilhelm II
General Von Bissing
Nurse Edith Cavell
Lieutenant Ober
Elaine's Child
Francois
Frederick III
Von Bethmann Hollweg
Vilma Le Brett
Count von Bismarck
Elaine
Marie
Priest
Sergeant Gross
Empress Victoria
General von Hindenburg
Rev. Joseph Wilson
Mrs. Joseph Wilson
Count von Moltke
Von Tirpitz
Hugo Ballin
Grand Duke Franz Ferdinand
Duke's Consort
Assassin
Franz
Captain Schweiger
Babette
Fräulein Stahl
Mammy
German Lieutenant
German Lieutenant
Marshal Foch
King George V
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
David Lloyd George
Premier Clemenceau
Admiral Sims
King Albert of Belgium
Admiral Wemyss
King Victor Emmanuel
Premier Orlando
Ambassador Gerard
Matthias Erzberger
American attache in Brussels
Sultan's Representative
Joseph Tumulty
Japanese Ambassador
Posters
Facts
Original TitleThe Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Status Released
Release Information
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1919-01-01
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 00m
Production CompaniesScreen Classics Inc.
Genres
- Drama
- War
