The Birth of a Nation
# The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
📜 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.
💵 Budget: USD
100,000
🌏 Languages Available:
No Language
📆 Date Released:
1915-02-08
⌚ Running Time:
193 mins
⭐ Vote Average:
6.0
Beloved Cast
Col. Ben Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Lillian Gish
Margaret Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Flora Cameron
Mae Marsh
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Mary Alden
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Ralph Lewis
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
George Siegmann
Gus
Walter Long
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Henabery
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Wallace Reid
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Elmer Clifton
Mrs. Cameron
Josephine Crowell
Dr. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Wade Cameron
George Beranger
Duke Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Mammy
Jennie Lee
Gen. U.S. Grant
Donald Crisp
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Howard Gaye
Charles Sumner
Sam De Grasse
Nelse
William De Vaull
Jake / Sentry at Hospital
Willam Freeman
Stoneman's Servant
Tom Wilson
Klansman
Fred Burns
Klansman
Allan Sears
Blacksmith
Elmo Lincoln
Black Woman
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
John Wilkes Booth
Raoul Walsh
Tod
Robert Harron
Monte Blue
Cameron's Male Servant
Harry Braham
Klan Leader
Bob Burns
Klansman
Edmund Burns
Klansman
Edward Burns
Young Girl in Cabin
Peggy Cartwright
General
Dark Cloud
Elsie's Maid
Leonore Cooper
Man Who Falls from Roof
Charles Eagle Eye
Klansman
John Ford
Laura Keene
Olga Grey
Mrs. Lincoln
Alberta Lee
Child with Dr. Cameron
Betty Marsh
Belle of 1861
Donna Montran
Union Soldier
Eugene Pallette
Belle of 1861
Alma Rubens
Volunteer
Charles Stevens
Confederate Soldier
Jules White
Young Flora Cameron
Violet Wilkey
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
David Butler
