The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

Date of release
1915-03-08
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (618)
Runtime
3h 15m
Genres
Drama, History, War
Director
D.W. Griffith

Casting

  • Lillian Gish — Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
  • Mae Marsh — Flora Cameron
  • Henry B. Walthall — Col. Ben Cameron
  • Miriam Cooper — Margaret Cameron
  • Mary Alden — Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
  • Ralph Lewis — Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
  • George Siegmann — Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
  • Walter Long — Gus
  • Robert Harron — Tod
  • Wallace Reid — Jeff, the Blacksmith
  • Joseph Henabery — Abraham Lincoln
  • Elmer Clifton — Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

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