The Birth of a Nation
“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”
19153h 15mDrama · History · War
Released
March 8, 1915
TMDB Score
59% match · 612 votes
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About the Movie
Synopsis
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.
DirectorD.W. Griffith
- Released
- March 8, 1915
- Runtime
- 3h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $100K
- Box office
- $100M
- Studios
- Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions
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
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
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