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        The Birth of a Nation
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        (526 votes)

        The Birth of a Nation

        1915
        Drama
        History
        War
        3 hr 13 min

        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.

        Creators

        Novel
        Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
        Screenplay
        Frank E. Woods
        The Birth of a Nation

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Henry B. Walthall
        Henry B. Walthall
        Col. Ben Cameron
        Lillian Gish
        Lillian Gish
        Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
        Miriam Cooper
        Miriam Cooper
        Margaret Cameron
        Mae Marsh
        Mae Marsh
        Flora Cameron
        Mary Alden
        Mary Alden
        Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
        Ralph Lewis
        Ralph Lewis
        Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
        George Siegmann
        George Siegmann
        Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
        Walter Long
        Walter Long
        Gus
        Joseph Henabery
        Joseph Henabery
        Abraham Lincoln
        Wallace Reid
        Wallace Reid
        Jeff, the Blacksmith
        Elmer Clifton
        Elmer Clifton
        Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (08/02/1915)
        Original language
        English
        Budget
        $100,000
        Box office
        $11,000,000
        Country
        Production company
        🪖Army
        Ku klux klan
        🇺🇸Southern USA
        Racist
        🤫Silent film
        American civil war
        Reconstruction era
        Controversial
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