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The Birth of a Nation (1915)

ALL 02/08/1915 (en) Drama, History, War 195 Min
  • Release
    02/08/1915
  • Production
    Epoch Film Co.
  • Rotten tomato
    59.95%
  • Original title
    The Birth of a Nation
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 11,000,000.00
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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.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  4. D.W. Griffith

    Producer



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  1. Lillian Gish

    Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

  2. Mae Marsh

    Flora Cameron

  3. Henry B. Walthall

    Col. Ben Cameron

  4. Miriam Cooper

    Margaret Cameron

  5. Mary Alden

    Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

  6. Ralph Lewis

    Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

  7. George Siegmann

    Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

  8. Walter Long

    Gus

  9. Robert Harron

    Tod

  10. Wallace Reid

    Jeff, the Blacksmith

  11. Joseph Henabery

    Abraham Lincoln

  12. Elmer Clifton

    Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

  13. Josephine Crowell

    Mrs. Cameron

  14. Spottiswoode Aitken

    Dr. Cameron

  15. George Beranger

    Wade Cameron

  16. Maxfield Stanley

    Duke Cameron

  17. Jennie Lee

    Mammy

  18. Donald Crisp

    Gen. U.S. Grant

  19. Howard Gaye

    Gen. Robert E. Lee

  20. Sam De Grasse

    Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

  21. William De Vaull

    Nelse (uncredited)

  22. Willam Freeman

    Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)

  23. Tom Wilson

    Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)

  24. Fred Burns

    Klansman (uncredited)

  25. Allan Sears

    Klansman (uncredited)

  26. Elmo Lincoln

    Blacksmith (uncredited)

  27. Madame Sul-Te-Wan

    Black Woman (uncredited)

  28. Raoul Walsh

    John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)

  29. Monte Blue

    (uncredited)

  30. Harry Braham

    Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)

  31. Bob Burns

    Klan Leader (uncredited)

  32. Edmund Burns

    Klansman (uncredited)

  33. Edward Burns

    Klansman (uncredited)

  34. Peggy Cartwright

    Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)

  35. Dark Cloud

    General (uncredited)

  36. Leonore Cooper

    Elsie's Maid (uncredited)

  37. Charles Eagle Eye

    Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)

  38. John Ford

    Klansman (uncredited)

  39. Olga Grey

    Laura Keene (uncredited)

  40. Alberta Lee

    Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)

  41. Betty Marsh

    Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)

  42. Donna Montran

    Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

  43. Eugene Pallette

    Union Soldier (uncredited)

  44. Alma Rubens

    Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

  45. Charles Stevens

    Volunteer (uncredited)

  46. Jules White

    Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

  47. Violet Wilkey

    Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)

  48. David Butler

    Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 48 , Crews : 54

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The Birth of a Nation (1915) 195 Min

ALL 02/08/1915 (en)
Drama, History, War
  • Release 02/08/1915
  • Production
    Epoch Film Co.
  • Original title The Birth of a Nation
  • en
  • Revenue11,000,000.00

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.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Joseph Henabery, Rose Smith, Raoul Walsh, James Smith, D.W. Griffith

    Editor

  4. D.W. Griffith

    Producer



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