The Birth of a Nation (1915)

Name: The Birth of a Nation
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1915-03-08
Duration: 3 h 15 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden

Drama, History, War • PT3H15M

Overview

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.

Director: D.W. Griffith

Top Cast

Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

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