The Birth of a Nation

1915

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

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2.7

Duration

195 min / 3 hour 15 min

Budget

$100 000

Fees in the world

$11 000 000

In collections

94

Release date

1915.03.08

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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Cast

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Margaret Cameron

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln

Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell

Spottiswoode Aitken

George Beranger

Maxfield Stanley

Gen. U.S. Grant

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

William De Vaull

Nelse (uncredited)

Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)

Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)

Klansman (uncredited)

Klansman (uncredited)

Blacksmith (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Black Woman (uncredited)

John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)

Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)

Klan Leader (uncredited)

Klansman (uncredited)

Klansman (uncredited)

Peggy Cartwright

Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)

General (uncredited)

Elsie's Maid (uncredited)

Charles Eagle Eye

Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)

Klansman (uncredited)

Laura Keene (uncredited)

Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)

Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)

Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Eugene Pallette

Union Soldier (uncredited)

Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

Volunteer (uncredited)

Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)

Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

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The Life of a Nation Collection

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