The Birth of a Nation
MAR 8, 1915 · 195 MIN · DIR. D.W. GRIFFITH
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.
Cast
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long
Gus
Robert Harron
Tod
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Crew
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Screenplay
Frank E. Woods
Director of Photography
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
Billy Bitzer
Editor
Raoul Walsh
Editor
Joseph Henabery
Editor
D.W. Griffith
Editor
James Smith
Editor
Rose Smith
Original Music Composer
Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer
D.W. Griffith
Producer
D.W. Griffith
