William De Vaull
Nelse (uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
5.9/10 TMDB1915Drama195 minutes
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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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John Ford
Klansman (uncredited)
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Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
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Walter Long
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Jules White
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
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David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
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Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
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Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
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Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
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Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
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Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
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Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier (uncredited)
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Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith - Trailer (1915)
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DramaHistoryWar
195 minutes
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United States of America
March 8, 1915
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