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

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

1919 · 60 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, War

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.

Directed by Charles Miller · Written by Maxwell Karger

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Creighton Hale Conrad Le Brett
Edward Connelly Paul Le Brett
Helen Ferguson Amy Gordon
Frank Currier William Gordon
Frederick Truesdell Woodrow Wilson
Henry Kolker Kaiser Wilhelm II
Joseph Kilgour General Von Bissing
Margaret McWade Nurse Edith Cavell
Earl Schenck Lieutenant Ober
Baby Ivy Ward Elaine's Child
Andy Clark Francois
Leo Delaney Frederick III

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