The Birth of a Nation
Drama | History
Release Date
February 8, 1915
Duration
195 min
Status
Released
Language
en
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.
Casts
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Lillian Gish
Flora Cameron
Mae Marsh
Col. Ben Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Margaret Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Mary Alden
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Ralph Lewis
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
George Siegmann
Gus
Walter Long
Tod
Robert Harron
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Wallace Reid
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Henabery
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
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Sam De Grasse
Nelse (uncredited)
William De Vaull
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Willam Freeman
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Klansman (uncredited)
Fred Burns
Klansman (uncredited)
Allan Sears
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
Black Woman (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
(uncredited)
Monte Blue
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Harry Braham
Klan Leader (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Klansman (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
Klansman (uncredited)
Edward Burns
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Peggy Cartwright
General (uncredited)
Dark Cloud
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
Leonore Cooper
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
Charles Eagle Eye
Klansman (uncredited)
John Ford
Laura Keene (uncredited)
Olga Grey
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Alberta Lee
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Betty Marsh
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Donna Montran
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Alma Rubens
Volunteer (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Jules White
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
Violet Wilkey
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
David Butler
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