The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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.
Directing:
Writing:
Stars:
- D.W. Griffith
- D. W. Griffith
Writing:
- D.W. Griffith
- Frank E. Woods
- Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Stars:
Release Date: 1915-03-08
6.0/10
6.0/10
- Country: US
- Language: No Language
- Runtime: 195
- Budget: $100,000
- Revenue: $11,000,000
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Union Soldier (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Wade Cameron
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Klansman (uncredited)
Himself (1931 reissue version)
Flora Cameron
Col. Ben Cameron
Margaret Cameron
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Abraham Lincoln
Mrs. Cameron
Dr. Cameron
Mammy
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Duke Cameron
Gen. U.S. Grant
Gen. Robert E. Lee
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Gus
Tod
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Klan Leader (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
General (uncredited)
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Laura Keene (uncredited)
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Volunteer (uncredited)
Black Woman (uncredited)
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Himself (1931 reissue version)
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Child in Sheet
Gen. Robert E. Lee
