Movie Description
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.
Featured Crew
- Director : D.W. Griffith
- Producer : D.W. Griffith
- Writer : D.W. Griffith
- Editor : Joseph Henabery,James Smith,Rose Smith,Raoul Walsh,D.W. Griffith
- Cast : Lillian Gish,Mae Marsh,Henry B. Walthall,Miriam Cooper,Mary Alden,Ralph Lewis,George Siegmann,Walter Long,Robert Harron,Wallace Reid,Joseph Henabery,Elmer Clifton,Josephine Crowell,Spottiswoode Aitken,George Beranger,Maxfield Stanley,Jennie Lee,Donald Crisp,Howard Gaye,Sam De Grasse,William De Vaull,Willam Freeman,Tom Wilson,Fred Burns,Allan Sears,Elmo Lincoln,Madame Sul-Te-Wan,Raoul Walsh,Monte Blue,Harry Braham,Bob Burns,Edmund Burns,Edward Burns,Peggy Cartwright,Dark Cloud,Leonore Cooper,Charles Eagle Eye,John Ford,Olga Grey,Alberta Lee,Betty Marsh,Donna Montran,Eugene Pallette,Alma Rubens,Charles Stevens,Jules White,Violet Wilkey,David Butler
Cast
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Flora Cameron
Col. Ben Cameron
Margaret Cameron
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Gus
Tod
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Abraham Lincoln
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Mrs. Cameron
Dr. Cameron
Wade Cameron
Duke Cameron
Mammy
Gen. U.S. Grant
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Nelse (uncredited)
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Black Woman (uncredited)
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Klan Leader (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
General (uncredited)
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
Klansman (uncredited)
Laura Keene (uncredited)
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Volunteer (uncredited)
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Birth of a Nation
Status Released
Release Information
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1915-02-08
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 03h 15m
Budget₹ 100000
Revenue₹ 11000000
Production CompaniesEpoch Film Co.
Genres
- Drama
- History
- War
