The Birth of a Nation
Tagline: The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Release Date: 1915-02-08
Duration: 193 minutes
Synopsis
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.
Casting
- Lillian GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
- Mae MarshFlora Cameron
- John FordKlansman
- Henry B. WalthallCol. Ben Cameron
- Raoul WalshJohn Wilkes Booth
- Eugene PalletteUnion Soldier
- Donald CrispGen. U.S. Grant
- Monte Blue
- Jules WhiteConfederate Soldier
- David ButlerNorthern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
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