D.W. Griffith
Director
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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.60%
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
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
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
Extra
Release Date
February 8, 1915Original Language
No LanguageBudget
$100,000.00Production Company
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