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The Birth of a Nation

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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.

Date: 02/08/1915
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Maxfield Stanley, Jennie Lee, Donald Crisp, Howard Gaye, Sam De Grasse, William De Vaull, Willam Freeman, Tom Wilson, Fred Burns, Allan Sears, Elmo Lincoln, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Raoul Walsh, Monte Blue, Harry Braham, Bob Burns, Edmund Burns, Edward Burns, Peggy Cartwright, Dark Cloud, Leonore Cooper, Charles Eagle Eye, John Ford, Olga Grey, Alberta Lee, Betty Marsh, Donna Montran, Eugene Pallette, Alma Rubens, Charles Stevens, Jules White, Violet Wilkey, David Butler

Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie in The Birth of a Nation Lillian Gish

Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron in The Birth of a Nation Mae Marsh

Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron in The Birth of a Nation Henry B. Walthall

Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron in The Birth of a Nation Miriam Cooper

Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia in The Birth of a Nation Mary Alden

Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman in The Birth of a Nation Ralph Lewis

George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch in The Birth of a Nation George Siegmann

Walter Long as Gus in The Birth of a Nation Walter Long

Robert Harron as Tod in The Birth of a Nation Robert Harron

Wallace Reid as Jeff, the Blacksmith in The Birth of a Nation Wallace Reid

Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln in The Birth of a Nation Joseph Henabery

Elmer Clifton as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil in The Birth of a Nation Elmer Clifton

Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cameron in The Birth of a Nation Josephine Crowell

Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron in The Birth of a Nation Spottiswoode Aitken

George Beranger as Wade Cameron in The Birth of a Nation George Beranger

Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron in The Birth of a Nation Maxfield Stanley

Jennie Lee as Mammy in The Birth of a Nation Jennie Lee

Donald Crisp as Gen. U.S. Grant in The Birth of a Nation Donald Crisp

Howard Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee in The Birth of a Nation Howard Gaye

Sam De Grasse as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Sam De Grasse

William De Vaull

Willam Freeman

Tom Wilson as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Tom Wilson

Fred Burns as Klansman (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Fred Burns

Allan Sears as Klansman (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Allan Sears

Elmo Lincoln as Blacksmith (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Elmo Lincoln

Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Black Woman (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Madame Sul-Te-Wan

Raoul Walsh as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Raoul Walsh

Monte Blue as (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Monte Blue

Harry Braham

Bob Burns as Klan Leader (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Bob Burns

Edmund Burns as Klansman (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Edmund Burns

Edward Burns

Peggy Cartwright as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Peggy Cartwright

Dark Cloud as General (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Dark Cloud

Leonore Cooper

Charles Eagle Eye

John Ford as Klansman (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation John Ford

Olga Grey as Laura Keene (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Olga Grey

Alberta Lee as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Alberta Lee

Betty Marsh

Donna Montran

Eugene Pallette as Union Soldier (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Eugene Pallette

Alma Rubens as Belle of 1861 (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Alma Rubens

Charles Stevens as Volunteer (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Charles Stevens

Jules White as Confederate Soldier (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation Jules White

Violet Wilkey

David Butler as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited) in The Birth of a Nation David Butler