The Birth of a Nation
08/03/1915
3h 15m

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


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


Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee


Sam De Grasse
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
William De Vaull
Nelse (uncredited)
Willam Freeman
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)


Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)


Fred Burns
Klansman (uncredited)


Allan Sears
Klansman (uncredited)


Elmo Lincoln
Blacksmith (uncredited)


Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Black Woman (uncredited)


Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)


Monte Blue
(uncredited)
Harry Braham
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)


Bob Burns
Klan Leader (uncredited)


Edmund Burns
Klansman (uncredited)
Edward Burns
Klansman (uncredited)


Peggy Cartwright
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)


Dark Cloud
General (uncredited)
Leonore Cooper
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
Charles Eagle Eye
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)


John Ford
Klansman (uncredited)


Olga Grey
Laura Keene (uncredited)


Alberta Lee
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Betty Marsh
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Donna Montran
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)


Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier (uncredited)


Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)


Charles Stevens
Volunteer (uncredited)


Jules White
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Violet Wilkey
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)


David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)


Mary Wynn
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