The Birth of a Nation
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
March 8, 1915
195 min
NR
✓ Released 40572 days ago
Drama
History
War
6.0
User Score
581 votes
About
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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: D.W. Griffith
Runtime: 195 min
Budget: $100,000
Revenue: $11,000,000
Top 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
