The Birth of a Nation (1915)
03/08/1915 (US) • 3h 15m
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Flora Cameron
Col. Ben Cameron
Margaret Cameron
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Gus
Part of the The Life of a Nation Collection
Includes The Birth of a Nation, The Fall of a Nation
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