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The Birth of a Nation

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

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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.

Director:
D.W. Griffith
Country:
United States
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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

  • Walter Long

    Gus

  • Robert Harron

    Tod

  • Wallace Reid

    Jeff, the Blacksmith

  • Joseph Henabery

    Abraham Lincoln

  • Elmer Clifton

    Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

  • Josephine Crowell

    Mrs. Cameron

  • Spottiswoode Aitken

    Dr. Cameron

  • George Beranger

    Wade Cameron

  • Maxfield Stanley

    Duke Cameron

  • Jennie Lee

    Mammy

  • Donald Crisp

    Gen. U.S. Grant

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