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The Birth of a Nation
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.
5.9
195 min
Release
1915-03-08
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
Ralph Lewis
as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long
as Gus
Robert Harron
as Tod
Wallace Reid
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery
as Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
as Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
as Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
as Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
as Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
as Mammy
Donald Crisp
as Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
William De Vaull
as Nelse (uncredited)Willam Freeman
as Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Fred Burns
as Klansman (uncredited)
Allan Sears
as Klansman (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
as Black Woman (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Monte Blue
as (uncredited)Harry Braham
as Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Bob Burns
as Klan Leader (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
as Klansman (uncredited)Edward Burns
as Klansman (uncredited)
Peggy Cartwright
as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Dark Cloud
as General (uncredited)Leonore Cooper
as Elsie's Maid (uncredited)Charles Eagle Eye
as Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
John Ford
as Klansman (uncredited)
Olga Grey
as Laura Keene (uncredited)
Alberta Lee
as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)Betty Marsh
as Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)Donna Montran
as Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Alma Rubens
as Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
as Volunteer (uncredited)
Jules White
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)Violet Wilkey
as Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
David Butler
as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Mary Wynn
Director
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He achieved what no other known man has ever achieved. To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel; the emergence, coordination, and first eloquence of language; thebirth of an art: and to realize that this is all the work of one man. - James Agee Griffith demonstrated to every filmmaker and moviegoer who followed him what a movie was, and what a movie could be. - Roger Ebert
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