Characters played by Lillian Gish
The Girl - Marie Stephenson
Characters played by Robert Harron
The Boy - Douglas Gordon Hamilton
Characters played by Dorothy Gish
The Little Disturber
Characters played by Adolph Lestina
The Grandfather
Characters played by Josephine Crowell
The Mother
Characters played by Jack Cosgrave
The Father of the Boy
Characters played by Kate Bruce
The Mother of the Boy
Characters played by Ben Alexander
The Boy's Littlest Brother
Characters played by Marion Emmons
The Boy's Other Brother
Characters played by Francis Marion
The Boy's Other Brother
Characters played by Robert Anderson
Monsieur Cuckoo
Characters played by George Fawcett
The Village Carpenter
Characters played by George Siegmann
Von Strohm
Characters played by Fay Holderness
The Innkeeper
Characters played by L. Lowry
A Deaf and Blind Musician
Characters played by Eugene Pouyet
A Poilu
Characters played by Anna Mae Walthall
A French Peasant Girl
Characters played by Yvette Duvoisin
A Refugee
Characters played by Herbert Sutch
A French Major
Characters played by George Nichols
A German Sergeant
Characters played by Mary Gish
A Refugee Mother
Characters played by Mary Hay
A Dancer
Characters played by Erich von Stroheim
A German Officer
Characters played by Noël Coward
The Man with the Wheelbarrow
A Villager in the Streets
Characters played by Bettie Mae Clarke
Nursing Infant
Characters played by Mae Clarke
Nursing Mother
Characters played by Elizabeth Asquith
Nurse
Characters played by Walter Bytell
Von Tirpiz
Characters played by Alphonse Dufort
A Poilu
Characters played by Jean Dumercier
A Poilu
Characters played by Louise Emmons
(uncredited)
Characters played by Valerie Germonprez
Red Cross nurse
Characters played by Edward Grey
Self - British Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Addressing House of Commons
Characters played by D.W. Griffith
Self (in prologue for British release)
Characters played by John Harron
A Boy with a Barrel
Characters played by Mary Harron
A Wounded Girl
Characters played by Mrs. Harron
A Woman with Daughter
Characters played by Tessie Harron
A Refugee
Characters played by Lady Lavery
Nurse
Characters played by Jules Lemontier
A Stretcher Bearer
Characters played by David Lloyd George
Self - the British Prime Minister (in prologue for British release)
Characters played by Georges Loyer
A Poilu
Characters played by Diana Manners
Nurse
Characters played by Gaston Riviere
A Stretcher Bearer
Characters played by Bettine Stuart-Wortley
Nurse
Characters played by René Viviani
Self - the French Premier Addressing French Chamber of Deputies