The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $100,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $11,000,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 12.365 |
Directed By
D.W. Griffith
Crew
Frank E. Woods
Billy Bitzer
D.W. Griffith
Joseph Henabery
Rose Smith
Raoul Walsh
Clare West
Joseph Carl Breil
Jon Mirsalis
James Smith
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
H.E. Aitken
Walter Hoffman
D.W. Griffith
Robert Goldstein
Robert Harron
Fred Hamer
Thomas E. O'Brien
Allan Dwan
Monte Blue
Jack Conway
Henry B. Walthall
Herbert Sutch
W.S. Van Dyke
Tom Wilson
Cash Shockey
Raoul Walsh
Karl Brown
Jim Kidd
Shorty English
Charles Eagle Eye
Walter Hoffman
Erich von Stroheim
Donald Crisp
Leo Nomis
Joseph Nurnberger
D.W. Griffith
Joseph Carl Breil
Howard Gaye
Carli Elinor
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Christy Cabanne
Fireworks Wilson
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Baron von Winther
Elmer Clifton
Frank Wortman
Hal Sullivan
Monte Blue
Joseph Henabery
Ralph M. DeLacy
Karl Malkames
D.W. Griffith
TOP CAST
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mae Marsh
Flora 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
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
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
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
Betty Marsh
Child with Dr. Cameron
Donna Montran
Belle of 1861
Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier
Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861
Charles Stevens
Volunteer
Jules White
Confederate Soldier
Violet Wilkey
Young Flora Cameron
David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
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