A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.
Wallace Beery
- German Soldier
- (uncredited)
Olive Corbett
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Lucile Dorrington
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
Clarence Geldert
- Submarine Commander U-Boat 21
- (uncredited)
Carl Gerard
- Reverend
- (uncredited)
Robert Gordon
- Wounded Soldier
- (uncredited)
Gordon Griffith
- Child
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Cecil B. DeMille(uncredited)
- Joseph Levering(uncredited)
- Writers
- Jeanie Macpherson(uncredited)
- Cecil B. DeMille(uncredited)
- Clarence J. Harris(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFilm debut of Ramon Novarro.
- GoofsWhen Angela is returning to her bedroom after taking off the German commander's boots, the shot of her approaching the door is shown twice.
- Quotes
Count Jules De Destin: Since you are determined to stay, Mademoiselle, you may render France a great service.
- Alternate versionsThe George Eastman House version in their Motion Picture Study Collection has an uncredited piano score and runs 76 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The House That Shadows Built (1931)
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A good early Mary Pickford film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
This film is blatantly an anti-German propaganda film to which audiences flocked because America declared war on Germany a few months before its release. It's very effective even today, as I found myself despising the Germans for their actions, which included killing civilians and raping some women. Mary Pickford plays the title character, uncharacteristically a grown woman instead of a child she played in most of her films during the silent era. She is wooed by German-American Jack Holt and French-American Raymond Hatton when war breaks out in 1914. The Germans are depicted as being overly brutal.
There was one scene that made me laugh, when the Germans break the door down to enter her aunt's home. Mary tells them in deadly ernest while waving a small American flag, "Gentlemen - you are breaking into the home of an American citizen - I must ask you to leave." The Germans, led by Walter Long, roared with laughter too. I couldn't decide if it was comic relief or if you were suppose to sympathize with Mary.
I rather enjoyed the film for what it was. It was paced well by DeMille and the acting was fine but typical of early silents. Walter Long made a good heavy - he can sneer with the best of them.
You may notice in the cast list some famous names (Wallace Beery, Ramon Novarro, etc.) without character names. You never actually see these actors, but they are known to have been in the film from various writings, including DeMille's autobiography.
There was one scene that made me laugh, when the Germans break the door down to enter her aunt's home. Mary tells them in deadly ernest while waving a small American flag, "Gentlemen - you are breaking into the home of an American citizen - I must ask you to leave." The Germans, led by Walter Long, roared with laughter too. I couldn't decide if it was comic relief or if you were suppose to sympathize with Mary.
I rather enjoyed the film for what it was. It was paced well by DeMille and the acting was fine but typical of early silents. Walter Long made a good heavy - he can sneer with the best of them.
You may notice in the cast list some famous names (Wallace Beery, Ramon Novarro, etc.) without character names. You never actually see these actors, but they are known to have been in the film from various writings, including DeMille's autobiography.
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- Art-22
- Feb 17, 1999
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Маленькая американка
- Filming locations
- 2000 De Mille Drive Los Feliz, California, USA(Home of Cecil B. De Mille in Laughlin Park, shown in the first shot right after the opening credits)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $166,949 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 20 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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