The Birth of a Nation

“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”

6.0

1915

3h 15m

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.

Key Crew

Director

D.W. Griffith

Producers

D.W. Griffith

Writers

Frank E. Woods

D.W. Griffith

Cinematography

Joseph Carl Breil

Music

Jon Mirsalis

Cast (49)

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

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