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The Birth of a Nation (1915)

The Birth of a Nation (1915)

PG 193 minutes EN Drama , History , War
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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.
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Cast

Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
Charles Sumner
Willam Freeman
Jake / Sentry at Hospital
Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant
Fred Burns
Klansman
Allan Sears
Klansman

Crew

Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer
James Smith
Editor
Raoul Walsh
Editor
Walter Hoffman
Special Effects
Rose Smith
Editor
Robert Goldstein
Costume Design
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Clare West
Costume Design
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
H.E. Aitken
Executive Producer
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay