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.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Studio
Epoch Film Co.
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$11M
Vote Count
610
Cast
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter...
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeep...
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House...
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Sila...
Walter Long
Gus
Robert Harron
Tod
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son...
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitke...
Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
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