Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear to stand by each other in a belief that a great business firmly established in four countries will be able to withstand even such another calamity as the Napoleonic Wars from which Europe is slowly recovering. Then many years later, along comes World War One and the years that follow, to test the businesses.
as Mrs. Warburton, 1825 / Mary Warburton Girard, 1914
as Richard Girard - 1825 / Richard Girard - 1914
as Erik von Gerhardt
as Baron von Gerhardt (as Siegfried Rumann)
as Baroness von Gerhardt
as Carlos Girard (1825) / Henri Girard (1914)
as Dixie
as Gabriel Warburton (1825) / Sir John Warburton (1914)
as Mr. Manning
as John Girard (1825)
as Madame Agnes Girard (1825)
as Notary (1825)
as The Duallist (1825)
as Madame Girard II (1914)
as Jacques Girard, the Boy (1914)
as Jacques Girard (1924)
as Charles Girard (1914)
as Fritz von Gerhardt
as Jeanne Girard
as Colonel Braithwaite
as Clumber
as Frank Moran
as Legionaire in Trench