The Birth of a Nation
"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"
March 8, 19153h 15m★ 5.9Released
Genres
DramaHistoryWar
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.
Starring
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis
Directed by
D.W. Griffith
Produced by
D.W. Griffith
Language
EN
Country
United States of America
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
$11,000,000