The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns (1919)

The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns

1919

Drama War

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Charles Miller

Cast

Baby Ivy Ward as Elaine's Child

Creighton Hale as Conrad Le Brett

Earl Schenck as Lieutenant Ober

Edward Connelly as Paul Le Brett

Frank Currier as William Gordon

Frederick Truesdell as Woodrow Wilson

Helen Ferguson as Amy Gordon

Henry Kolker as Kaiser Wilhelm II