Watch: The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

Drama • History • War

60%
The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
PG
2/8/19153h 15m

Premiere Release (US)

~ 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.

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$100,000.00

Revenue:

$11,000,000.00

Key words:

  • army
  • ku klux klan
  • southern usa
  • racist
  • silent film
  • american civil war
  • reconstruction era
  • controversial

Cast

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

~ as ~

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

~ as ~

Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

~ as ~

Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper

~ as ~

Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

Mary Alden

~ as ~

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis

~ as ~

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

George Siegmann

~ as ~

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

Walter Long

~ as ~

Gus

Robert Harron

Robert Harron

~ as ~

Tod

Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

~ as ~

Jeff, the Blacksmith

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