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The Birth of a Nation
(1915)Drama, History, War
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3hrs 15m
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.
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Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith - Trailer (1915)
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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
Josephine Crowell
** Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
** Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
** Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
** Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
** Mammy
Donald Crisp
** Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
** Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
** Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
William De Vaull
** Nelse (uncredited)
Willam Freeman
** Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
** Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Fred Burns
** Klansman (uncredited)
Allan Sears
** Klansman (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
** Blacksmith (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
** Black Woman (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
** John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Monte Blue
** (uncredited)
Harry Braham
** Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Bob Burns
** Klan Leader (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
** Klansman (uncredited)
Edward Burns
** Klansman (uncredited)
Peggy Cartwright
** Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Dark Cloud
** General (uncredited)
Leonore Cooper
** Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
Charles Eagle Eye
** Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
John Ford
** Klansman (uncredited)
Olga Grey
** Laura Keene (uncredited)
Alberta Lee
** Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Betty Marsh
** Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Donna Montran
** Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette
** Union Soldier (uncredited)
Alma Rubens
** Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
** Volunteer (uncredited)
Jules White
** Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Violet Wilkey
** Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
David Butler
** Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Mary Wynn
** Unknown role
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