Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

May 13, 1919

1h 29m

★ 6.9

A tale of forbidden love.

Overview

The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

D.W. Griffith Productions

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl Trailers

Cast

Lucy Burrows

Lillian Gish

Cheng Huan

Richard Barthelmess

Battling Burrows

Donald Crisp

Burrows' Manager

Arthur Howard

Evil Eye

Edward Peil Sr.

The Spying One

George Beranger

A Prizefighter

Norman Selby

Secondary Role (uncredited)

Ernest Butterworth

Secondary Role (uncredited)

Frederic Hamen

London Policeman (uncredited)

Wilbur Higby

Buddhist Monk (uncredited)

Man-Ching Kwan

Ringside Employee (uncredited)

Bobbie Mack

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