The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
3h 15m
Drama
| History
| War
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
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long
Gus
Robert Harron
Tod
Crew
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Joseph Henabery
Editor
Rose Smith
Editor
Raoul Walsh
Editor
Clare West
Costume Design
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer
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