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The Birth of a Nation

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

The lives of two families—the abolitionist Stonemans of the North and the Southern landowning Camerons—become deeply intertwined. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. Later, in Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron establishes the Ku Klux Klan and battles Elsie's congressman father along with his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

Original title
The Birth of a Nation
Genre
Drama, History, War
Director
D.W. Griffith
Cast
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Maxfield Stanley, Jennie Lee, Donald Crisp, Howard Gaye, Sam De Grasse
Country
United States of America
Studios
Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions
Language
en
Year
1915
Duration
195
Release date
1915-03-08
TMDB
5.900 · 623 votes
Status
Released
Collection
The Life of a Nation Collection

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