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The Birth of a Nation

60.09 %|Feb 8, 1915|Drama, History, War

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.

Featured Crew

Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Joseph Henabery
Editor
Rose Smith
Editor
Raoul Walsh
Editor
Clare West
Costume Design
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography

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Cast

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Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
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Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
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Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
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Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
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Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
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Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
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George Siegmann
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
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Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
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Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
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Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
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Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
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George Beranger
Wade Cameron
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Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
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Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
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Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee
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Sam De Grasse
Charles Sumner
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Willam Freeman
Jake / Sentry at Hospital
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Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant
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Fred Burns
Klansman
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Allan Sears
Klansman
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Elmo Lincoln
Blacksmith
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Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth
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Harry Braham
Cameron's Male Servant
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Bob Burns
Klan Leader
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Edmund Burns
Klansman
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Edward Burns
Klansman
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Peggy Cartwright
Young Girl in Cabin
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Dark Cloud
General
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Leonore Cooper
Elsie's Maid
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Charles Eagle Eye
Man Who Falls from Roof
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John Ford
Klansman
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Olga Grey
Laura Keene
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Alberta Lee
Mrs. Lincoln
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Betty Marsh
Child with Dr. Cameron
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Donna Montran
Belle of 1861
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Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier
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Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861
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Jules White
Confederate Soldier
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Violet Wilkey
Young Flora Cameron
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David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier