The Birth of a Nation (1915)
08/02/1915
Drama, History, War
3h 15m
- 60% (553 votes)
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The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Overview
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.
- D.W. GriffithDirector, Writer
- Frank E. WoodsScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
Keywords
- army
- ku klux klan
- southern usa
- racist
- silent film
- american civil war
- reconstruction era
- controversial
Top Billed Cast
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
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