The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

8/2/1915 3h 15m 6.0/10

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

Donald Crisp

Top Billed Cast

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Mary Alden

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

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