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The Little American

1917·63 min

The Little American

Directed by Cecil B. DeMille

DramaWarRomance

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

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Angela Moore

Karl von Austreim

Count Jules de Destin

Hobart Bosworth

German Colonel

Crew

Cecil B. DeMille

Producer

Clarence J. Harris

Writer

Director of Photography

Producer

Cecil B. DeMille

Writer

Jeanie Macpherson

Screenplay

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Walter Long

German Captain

German Soldier (uncredited)

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Maid (uncredited)

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Wounded Soldier (uncredited)

Senator John Moore

Bobby Moore

Frederick von Austreim

Mrs. von Austreim

Lillian Leighton

Angela's Great Aunt

DeWitt Jennings

English Barrister

Nurse (uncredited)

Lucile Dorrington

Nurse (uncredited)

Clarence Geldart

Submarine Commander U-Boat 21 (uncredited)

Reverend (uncredited)

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The Little American (1917) is about a young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral home in France, where she witnesses German brutality firsthand.

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Cecil B. DeMille directed The Little American (1917).

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