The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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.
Writing:
- Frank E. Woods
- D. W. Griffith
- Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Directing:
- D. W. Griffith
- D.W. Griffith
6.0/10
- Views: 11
- Release Date: 1915-02-08
- Language: No Language
- Country: US
- Runtime: 193
- Revenue: $11,000,000
- Budget: $100,000
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
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
Jennie Lee
Mammy
Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
Sam De Grasse
Charles Sumner
Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant
Elmo Lincoln
Blacksmith
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Black Woman
Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth
Robert Harron
Tod
Bob Burns
Klan Leader
Edmund Burns
Klansman
Peggy Cartwright
Young Girl in Cabin
Dark Cloud
General
John Ford
Klansman
Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier
Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861
Charles Stevens
Volunteer
Jules White
Confederate Soldier
David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
