The Birth of a Nation (1915)

ALL 02/08/1915 (en) Drama, History, War 193 Min
  • Release
    02/08/1915
  • Production
    Epoch Film Co.
  • Rotten tomato
    60.24%
  • 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

  3. D.W. Griffith

    Producer



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  1. Henry B. Walthall

    Col. Ben Cameron

  2. Lillian Gish

    Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

  3. Miriam Cooper

    Margaret Cameron

  4. Mae Marsh

    Flora 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. Joseph Henabery

    Abraham Lincoln

  10. Wallace Reid

    Jeff, the Blacksmith

  11. Elmer Clifton

    Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

  12. Josephine Crowell

    Mrs. Cameron

  13. Spottiswoode Aitken

    Dr. Cameron

  14. George Beranger

    Wade Cameron

  15. Maxfield Stanley

    Duke Cameron

  16. Jennie Lee

    Mammy

  17. Donald Crisp

    Gen. U.S. Grant

  18. Howard Gaye

    Gen. Robert E. Lee

  19. Sam De Grasse

    Charles Sumner

  20. William De Vaull

    Nelse

  21. Willam Freeman

    Jake / Sentry at Hospital

  22. Tom Wilson

    Stoneman's Servant

  23. Fred Burns

    Klansman

  24. Allan Sears

    Klansman

  25. Elmo Lincoln

    Blacksmith

  26. Madame Sul-Te-Wan

    Black Woman

  27. Raoul Walsh

    John Wilkes Booth

  28. Robert Harron

    Tod

  29. Monte Blue

  30. Harry Braham

    Cameron's Male Servant

  31. Bob Burns

    Klan Leader

  32. Edmund Burns

    Klansman

  33. Edward Burns

    Klansman

  34. Peggy Cartwright

    Young Girl in Cabin

  35. Dark Cloud

    General

  36. Leonore Cooper

    Elsie's Maid

  37. Charles Eagle Eye

    Man Who Falls from Roof

  38. John Ford

    Klansman

  39. Olga Grey

    Laura Keene

  40. Alberta Lee

    Mrs. Lincoln

  41. Betty Marsh

    Child with Dr. Cameron

  42. Donna Montran

    Belle of 1861

  43. Eugene Pallette

    Union Soldier

  44. Alma Rubens

    Belle of 1861

  45. Charles Stevens

    Volunteer

  46. Jules White

    Confederate Soldier

  47. Violet Wilkey

    Young Flora Cameron

  48. David Butler

    Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 48 , Crews : 54

Keyword

The Birth of a Nation (1915) 193 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