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1919

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

Directed by Charles Miller

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.

Duration

1h

Released

January 1, 1919

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Cast52

  • Creighton Hale
  • Edward Connelly
  • Helen Ferguson
  • Frank Currier
  • Frederick Truesdell
  • Henry Kolker
  • Joseph Kilgour
  • Margaret McWade
  • Earl Schenck

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