The Birth of a Nation

Name: The Birth of a Nation
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 08 Mar 1915
Rating: 5.98
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan! 1915-03-08 United States of America 195 minutes.

5.98 558 votes

Drama History War army ku klux klan southern usa racist silent film american civil war reconstruction era controversial

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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.

Year 1915

Studio Epoch Film Co.

Director D.W. Griffith

Crew D.W. Griffith (Producer), Jon Mirsalis (Original Music Composer), Clare West (Costume Design), Raoul Walsh (Editor), D.W. Griffith (Writer), Joseph Carl Breil (Director of Photography)

Popularity 3

Language No Language