''The Kiddies in the Ruins'' is a 1918 British silent

war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...

directed by George Pearson and starring

Emmy Lynn Emmy Lynn (born Emily Leigh; 1889–1978) was a Spanish-born French actress. Lynn was born Emily Leigh in Barcelona to an English father who worked at the British Consulate and a half-Spanish and half-German mother. She arrived in Paris at the a ...

, Hugh E. Wright and

Georges Colin Georges Colin (10 March 1880 – 14 January 1945) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''The Kiddies in the Ruins'' (1918) * ''The Prosecutor Hallers'' (1930) * ''The Train of Suicides'' (1931) * '' The Eaglet'' (1931) * '' End of the Wo ...

. It was released two days after the

Armistice An armistice is a formal agreement of warring parties to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, as it may constitute only a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace. It is derived from the La ...

that halted fighting in the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

and depicts the lives of children living in war-devastated France.Kelly p.47

Cast

as Françoise Regnard * Hugh E. Wright as Tommy *

as Maurice Regnard * Simone Prévost as Nini * Georges Merouze as Grandpa *

Berthe Jalabert Berthe Jalabert (Rennes, 31 October 1858 – after 1935) was a French stage and film actress. She was the daughter of the actor, theatre director, and playwright Louis Péricaud (1835-1909). Filmography * 1914 in film, 1914: ''L'Étau (1914 fil ...

as Grandma

References

Bibliography

* Kelly, Andrew. ''Cinema and the Great War''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1918 films British war films 1910s English-language films Films set in France Films directed by George Pearson British silent short films British black-and-white films 1918 war films Silent war films 1910s British films English-language war films {{war-film-stub