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: 1915-02-08
6.0/10
6.0/10
- Country: US
- Language: No Language
- Runtime: 193
- Budget: $100,000
- Revenue: $11,000,000
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Union Soldier
Wade Cameron
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Klansman
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
Gus
Tod
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Klan Leader
Klansman
Young Girl in Cabin
General
Charles Sumner
Klansman
Laura Keene
Mrs. Lincoln
Blacksmith
Belle of 1861
Klansman
Volunteer
Black Woman
Confederate Soldier
Stoneman's Servant
Himself (1931 reissue version)
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
Child in Sheet
Gen. Robert E. Lee
