The Birth of a Nation

6 1915 D.W. Griffith 3h 15m
Drama History War
The Birth of a Nation

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.

Lillian Gish Lillian Gish Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh Mae Marsh Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper Miriam Cooper Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden Mary Alden Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis Ralph Lewis Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann George Siegmann Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long Walter Long Gus
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