The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation
1915DramaHistoryWar193 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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. ... read more

  • D.W. Griffith

    Director

  • Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

    Novel

  • Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

    Adaptation

  • Frank E. Woods

    Screenplay

  • D.W. Griffith

    Writer

  • Joseph Carl Breil

    Director of Photography

  • Billy Bitzer

    Director of Photography

  • Joseph Henabery

    Editor

  • James Smith

    Editor

  • Rose Smith

    Editor

  • Raoul Walsh

    Editor

  • D.W. Griffith

    Editor

  • 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

  • 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

    Charles Sumner

  • William De Vaull

    Nelse

  • Willam Freeman

    Jake / Sentry at Hospital

  • Tom Wilson

    Stoneman's Servant

  • Fred Burns

    Klansman

  • Allan Sears

    Klansman

  • Elmo Lincoln

    Blacksmith

  • Madame Sul-Te-Wan

    Black Woman

  • Raoul Walsh

    John Wilkes Booth

  • Robert Harron

    Tod

  • Monte Blue

  • Harry Braham

    Cameron's Male Servant

  • Bob Burns

    Klan Leader

  • Edmund Burns

    Klansman

  • Edward Burns

    Klansman

  • Peggy Cartwright

    Young Girl in Cabin

  • Dark Cloud

    General

  • Leonore Cooper

    Elsie's Maid

  • Charles Eagle Eye

    Man Who Falls from Roof

  • John Ford

    Klansman

  • Olga Grey

    Laura Keene

  • Alberta Lee

    Mrs. Lincoln

    • Runtime

    193 minutes

    Released

    1915-02-08

    Languages

    No Language

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Epoch Film Co.

    Sound

  • Joseph Carl Breil

    Music

  • Jon Mirsalis

    Original Music Composer

  • D.W. Griffith

    Original Music Composer

  • Joseph Nurnberger

    Music

    • Updated

    491 days ago

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