The Birth of a Nation
1915
3h 13min
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.
Storyline
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.
Released
February 1915
Runtime
3h 13min
Director
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
Epoch Film Co.
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
Walter Long
Gus
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
Mammy
Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
Charles Sumner
William De Vaull
Nelse
Willam Freeman
Jake / Sentry at Hospital
Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant
Fred Burns
Klansman
Allan Sears
Klansman
Elmo Lincoln
Blacksmith
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Black Woman
Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth
Robert Harron
Tod
Monte Blue
Harry Braham
Cameron's Male Servant
Bob Burns
Klan Leader
Edmund Burns
Klansman
Edward Burns
Klansman
Peggy Cartwright
Young Girl in Cabin
Dark Cloud
General
Leonore Cooper
Elsie's Maid
Charles Eagle Eye
Man Who Falls from Roof
John Ford
Klansman
Olga Grey
Laura Keene
Alberta Lee
Mrs. Lincoln
Betty Marsh
Child with Dr. Cameron
Donna Montran
Belle of 1861
Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier
Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861
Charles Stevens
Volunteer
Jules White
Confederate Soldier
Violet Wilkey
Young Flora Cameron
David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
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