The Birth of a Nation
1915/02/08 (US) | Drama, History, War
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.
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
D.W. Griffith
Director
Lead Cast
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Budget
$ 100,000
Revenue
$ 11,000,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Epoch Film Co.
Crews
D.W. Griffith
Producer
Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer
Clare West
Costume Design
Raoul Walsh
Editor
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
Joseph Henabery
Editor
D.W. Griffith
Editor