The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Released Drama, History, War · 195 min

 

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Released Drama, History, War · 195 min

 

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.
Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions,

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.
Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions,

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RUNTIME
N/A minRELEASED
Mar 8, 1915COUNTRY
USLANGUAGE
ENSPOKEN
No LanguageBUDGET
$100,000REVENUE
$11,000,000

Cast & Crew

Walter Long

Acting

Gus

Robert Harron

Acting

Tod

Donald Crisp

Acting

Gen. U.S. Grant

Sam De Grasse

Acting

Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Acting

Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)

Fred Burns

Acting

Klansman (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Acting

Black Woman (uncredited)

Monte Blue

Acting

(uncredited)

Olga Grey

Acting

Laura Keene (uncredited)

David Butler

Directing

Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Lillian Gish

Acting

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

Acting

Flora Cameron

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