The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

6 | 1915-02-08 | Drama History War

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

Frank E. Woods Screenplay
H.E. Aitken Executive Producer
Joseph Carl Breil Director of Photography
Jon Mirsalis Original Music Composer
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Joseph Henabery Editor
James Smith Editor
Rose Smith Editor
Raoul Walsh Editor
Robert Goldstein Costume Design

Cast

Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Mary Alden
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Joseph Henabery
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith

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