The Birth of a Nation

IMDb 6.0 1915 • 195 min • DramaHistoryWar

Director

D.W. Griffith

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Mae Marsh Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Mary Alden Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia