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 : Henry B. Walthall,Lillian Gish,Miriam Cooper,Mae Marsh,Mary Alden,Ralph Lewis,George Siegmann,Walter Long,Joseph Henabery,Wallace Reid,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,Robert Harron,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
Col. Ben Cameron
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Margaret Cameron
Flora Cameron
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Gus
Abraham Lincoln
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Mrs. Cameron
Dr. Cameron
Wade Cameron
Duke Cameron
Mammy
Gen. U.S. Grant
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Charles Sumner
Nelse
Jake / Sentry at Hospital
Stoneman's Servant
Klansman
Klansman
Blacksmith
Black Woman
John Wilkes Booth
Tod
Cameron's Male Servant
Klan Leader
Klansman
Klansman
Young Girl in Cabin
General
Elsie's Maid
Man Who Falls from Roof
Klansman
Laura Keene
Mrs. Lincoln
Child with Dr. Cameron
Belle of 1861
Union Soldier
Belle of 1861
Volunteer
Confederate Soldier
Young Flora Cameron
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
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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 13m
Budget₹ 100000
Revenue₹ 11000000
Production CompaniesEpoch Film Co.
Genres
- Drama
- History
- War