Drama ·War ·Romance · United States of America · 1917 · 1h 3m

The Little American

Director

Cast

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)

Crew

Alvin Wyckoff — Director of Photography Cecil B. DeMille — Editor Jeanie Macpherson — Screenplay Clarence J. Harris — Writer Cecil B. DeMille — Writer Cecil B. DeMille — Producer

Tagline

The silent sufferers

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

submarine ocean liner

Key Collaborators

Cecil B. DeMille Director Joseph Levering Director Alvin Wyckoff Director of Photography Cecil B. DeMille Editor Jeanie Macpherson Screenplay Clarence J. Harris Writer Cecil B. DeMille Writer Cecil B. DeMille Producer Mary Pickford Producer Lady Duff Gordon Costume Design

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