The Birth of a Nation
DramaHistoryWar
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.
Director(s): Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Raoul Walsh, John Ford, Jules White, David Butler.
Writers(s): Yet to be known.
Stars(s): Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh.
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Runtime: 193mins
Release Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1915 00:00:00 GMT