The Birth of a Nation (1915)

02/08/1915 3h 13m

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

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Overview

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.

Cast Ages at Release

Henry B. Walthall

as Col. Ben Cameron

Born 03/15/1878

Died 06/17/1936, age

Lillian Gish

as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Born 10/14/1893

Died 02/27/1993, age

Miriam Cooper

as Margaret Cameron

Born 11/06/1891

Died 04/12/1976, age

Mae Marsh

as Flora Cameron

Born 11/07/1894

Died 02/13/1968, age

Mary Alden

as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Born 06/18/1883

Died 07/02/1946, age

Josephine Crowell

as Mrs. Cameron

Born 01/10/1859

Died 07/27/1932, age

Donald Crisp

as Gen. U.S. Grant

Born 07/26/1882

Died 05/25/1974, age

Sam De Grasse

as Charles Sumner

Born 06/11/1875

Died 11/29/1953, age

Robert Harron

as Tod

Born 04/12/1893

Died 09/05/1920, age

John Ford

as Klansman

Born 02/01/1894

Died 08/31/1973, age

Eugene Pallette

as Union Soldier

Born 07/07/1889

Died 09/03/1954, age