The Little American (1917) | Directed by Cecille B. Demille - Full Movie

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

The Little American is a 1917 American silent romantic war drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford (who also served as producer) as an American woman who is in love with both a German and a French soldier during World War I. A print of the film is housed at the UCLA Film and Television Archive and has been released on DVD.

Directed by: Cecil B. DeMille, Joseph Levering
Written by: Jeanie MacPherson, Cecil B. DeMille (uncredited), Clarence J. Harris (uncredited)
Screenplay by: Jeanie MacPherson (uncredited)
Produced by: Cecil B. DeMille, Mary Pickford
Starring: Mary Pickford
Cinematography: Alvin Wyckoff
Edited by: Cecil B. DeMille
Distributed by: Artcraft Pictures Corporation
Release date: July 12, 1917
Running time: 80 minutes
Country: United States
Language: Silent (English intertitles)
Budget: $166,949.16
Box office: $446,236.88