The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
Release: 1915-03-08
·Runtime: 195m
·★ 5.9
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Epoch Film Co.
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Eugene Pallette
as Union Soldier (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
as Volunteer (uncredited)
Mary Wynn
Josephine Crowell
as Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
as Dr. Cameron
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
as Black Woman (uncredited)
Alberta Lee
as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Lillian Gish
as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Miriam Cooper
as Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
George Siegmann
as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Allan Sears
as Klansman (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Maxfield Stanley
as Duke Cameron
Bob Burns
as Klan Leader (uncredited)
Alma Rubens
as Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
David Butler
as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Walter Long
as Gus
Jules White
as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Wallace Reid
as Jeff, the Blacksmith
Tom Wilson
as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
as Klansman (uncredited)
John Ford
as Klansman (uncredited)
Olga Grey
as Laura Keene (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
as Flora Cameron
George Beranger
as Wade Cameron
Sam De Grasse
as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Peggy Cartwright
as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Henry B. Walthall
as Col. Ben Cameron
Joseph Henabery
as Abraham Lincoln
Jennie Lee
as Mammy
Howard Gaye
as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Fred Burns
as Klansman (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Monte Blue
as (uncredited)
Dark Cloud
as General (uncredited)
Ralph Lewis
as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Robert Harron
as Tod
Elmer Clifton
as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Donald Crisp
as Gen. U.S. Grant
Crew
W.S. Van Dyke
Assistant Director
Erich von Stroheim
Assistant Director
Henry B. Walthall
Assistant Director
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
Howard Gaye
Assistant Director
Jack Conway
Assistant Director
Carli Elinor
Conductor
Robert Harron
Assistant Director
Joseph Henabery
Editor, Assistant Director
D.W. Griffith
Producer, Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Presenter, Director
Monte Blue
Stunts, Assistant Director
Raoul Walsh
Editor, Assistant Director
Donald Crisp
Assistant Director
Allan Dwan
Assistant Director
Elmer Clifton
Assistant Director
Christy Cabanne
Assistant Director
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Tom Wilson
Assistant Director