The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Lillian Gish
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
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Mae Marsh
as Flora Cameron
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Henry B. Walthall
as Col. Ben Cameron
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Miriam Cooper
as Margaret Cameron
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Mary Alden
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
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Ralph Lewis
as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
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George Siegmann
as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
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Walter Long
as Gus
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Robert Harron
as Tod
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Wallace Reid
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
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Joseph Henabery
as Abraham Lincoln
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Elmer Clifton
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
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Josephine Crowell
as Mrs. Cameron
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Spottiswoode Aitken
as Dr. Cameron
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George Beranger
as Wade Cameron
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Maxfield Stanley
as Duke Cameron
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Jennie Lee
as Mammy
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Donald Crisp
as Gen. U.S. Grant
Crew
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D.W. Griffith
Director
- Joseph Carl Breil Director of Photography
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Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
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Raoul Walsh
Editor
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Joseph Henabery
Editor
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D.W. Griffith
Editor
- James Smith Editor
- Rose Smith Editor
- Jon Mirsalis Original Music Composer
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D.W. Griffith
Original Music Composer
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D.W. Griffith
Producer
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Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
