The Birth of a Nation
1915 · TMDB 5.9
Directed by D.W. Griffith
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.
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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...
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- Runtime
- 195 min
- Released
- 1915-03-08
- Studio
- Epoch Film Co.
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- No Language
- TMDB score
- 5.9
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Key contributors
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D.W. Griffith
Director
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Frank E. Woods
Writer
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Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
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Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
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Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
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Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
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Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
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Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
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George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
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Walter Long
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