The Birth of a Nation

193 min 1915 Published on, 1 year ago

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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.

Country

United States

Genre

Drama History War Horror

Released

08 Feb, 1915

Main Cast

Lillian Gish , Mae Marsh , Henry B. Walthall , Miriam Cooper , Mary Alden

Supporting Cast

Ralph Lewis , George Siegmann , Walter Long , Robert Harron , Wallace Reid

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