Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
“A tale of forbidden love.”
1919•NR•1h 28m•6.9•Released
DramaRomance
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Revenue
$2M
Languages
No Language
Studio
D.W. Griffith Productions
Cast
Lillian Gish
Lucy Burrows
Richard Barthelmess
Cheng Huan
Donald Crisp
Battling Burrows
Arthur Howard
Burrows' Manager
Edward Peil Sr.
Evil Eye
George Beranger
The Spying One
Norman Selby
A Prizefighter
Ernest Butterworth
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frederic Hamen
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Wilbur Higby
London Policeman (uncredited)
Man-Ching Kwan
Buddhist Monk (uncredited)
Bobbie Mack
Ringside Employee (uncredited)
Moy Ming
Minor Role (uncredited)
Steve Murphy
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
George Nichols
Police Constable (uncredited)
Production
Company
D.W. Griffith Productions
Producer
D.W. Griffith
Recommended
7.4
All of Us Strangers
2023
6.9
Femme
2023
6
China Girl
1987
6.1
Love Me Love Me
2026
6.7
On the Edge
2001
6.1
Newness
2017
7.9
Raging Bull
1980
6.5
Time Is Up
2021
6.6
Empire of Light
2022
6.1
Salvable
2025
5.8
Only God Forgives
2013
6.8
Perfect Addiction
2023
6
Maria's Lovers
1984
7.6
Maurice
1987
6.8
Urchin
2025
7.5
My Policeman
2022
6.5
Heaven Knows What
2015
6.7
Fifty Shades Freed
2018
6
Wander Darkly
2020
6
The Souvenir
2019
Similar Movies
5.3
Crime Thief
1969
8
Not So Long Ago
1925
5.3
Entanglement
2018
The Dark Side
2020
8.1
Memories of Murder
2003
I Want to Know the Truth
2011
10
Muž s orlem a slepicí
1978
6.3
The Upside of Anger
2005
London, I Love You
0
6.6
Wilde
1997
7.1
The Defiant Ones
1958
10
Beautiful Destroyer
2015
6.7
Sweet Mud
2006
5
Her Royal Escape to Love
2005
7.1
Tess
1979
6.2
Earthquake
1974
4
Tiny Little Lies
2008
3.3
Innuendo
2017
6.7
Cliff Walkers
2021
10
Eine kleine Jazzmusik
1996