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Film · 1915
The Birth of a Nation
3h 15mNRDirected by D.W. Griffith
- Drama
- History
- War
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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.
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Cast
Lillian GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae MarshFlora Cameron
Henry B. WalthallCol. Ben Cameron
Miriam CooperMargaret Cameron
Mary AldenStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph LewisLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George SiegmannLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter LongGus
Robert HarronTod
Wallace ReidJeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph HenaberyAbraham Lincoln
Elmer CliftonStoneman's Elder Son Phil
Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- Frank E. Woods, D.W. Griffith
- Novel
- Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
- Music
- Jon Mirsalis, D.W. Griffith
- Cinematography
- Joseph Carl Breil, Billy Bitzer
- Editor
- Joseph Henabery, James Smith, Rose Smith
- Producer
- D.W. Griffith
- Release
- March 8, 1915
- Runtime
- 3h 15m
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- No Language
- Studio
- Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions
- TMDB score
- 5.9 / 10 from 623 votes
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