The Great Victory or The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns is a 1919 American silent war drama film directed by Charles Miller and starring Creighton Hale, Florence Billings and Helen Ferguson. It was made as anti-German propaganda during World War I, although it was released after the end of the conflict.
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Synopsis
A young Alsatian is forced to enlist in the German Army on the outbreak of the war. Appalled by the atrocities committed by his colleagues, including against his own sister, he deserts having fallen in love with an American nurse. Vowing revenge, he travels to the United States and joins the American Army along with other Alsatians. They return to Europe and secure victory.
Partial cast
Creighton Hale as Conrad Le Brett
Florence Billings as Vilma Le Brett
Edward Connelly as Paul Le Brett
Helen Ferguson as Amy Gordon
Frank Currier as William Gordon
Frederick Truesdell as Woodrow Wilson
Henry Kolker as Kaiser Wilhelm II
Joseph Kilgour as General Von Bissing
Margaret McWade as Nurse Edith Cavell
Earl Schenck as Lieutenant Ober / Crown Prince
Henry Carvill as Count von Bismarck
Florence Short as Elaine
Baby Ivy Ward as Elaine's Child
Andy Clark as Francois
James A. Furey as Priest
Fred R. Stanton as Sergeant Gross
Leo Delaney as Frederick III
Fanny Cogan as Empress Victoria
Emil Hoch as General von Hindenburg
Charles Edwards as Rev. Joseph Wilson
May Allen as Mrs. Joseph Wilson
Karl Dane as Von Bethmann Hollweg
Carl De Mel as Count von Moltke