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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”
Drama, History, War · 3h 15m
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.
Cast
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret 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
Robert Harron
Tod
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Crew
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Screenplay
- Frank E. Woods
- Writer
- D.W. Griffith
- Novel
- Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
- Director of Photography
- Joseph Carl Breil, Billy Bitzer
- Original Music Composer
- Jon Mirsalis, D.W. Griffith
- Editor
- Raoul Walsh, Joseph Henabery, D.W. Griffith, James Smith, Rose Smith
- Producer
- D.W. Griffith
Details
- Release date
- 1915-03-08
- Runtime
- 3h 15m
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions
- Budget
- $100,000
- Box office
- $100,000,000