The Birth of a Race

The Birth of a Race

90 mins | Drama | Jan. 2, 1918

Following the "Birth of the Human Race" section, the film had epic scenes of Ancient Egypt with Nubian soldiers and the rescue of infant Moses in the river. A later scene portrayed Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus carry his cross on the Via Dolorosa and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The film then shifted to World War I, with two white brothers in a German-American family going to war on the Western Front, one fighting for the United States, and the other fighting for Germany.

The Birth of a Race

90 mins | Drama | Jan. 2, 1918

The Birth of a Race
Following the "Birth of the Human Race" section, the film had epic scenes of Ancient Egypt with Nubian soldiers and the rescue of infant Moses in the river. A later scene portrayed Simon of Cyrene helping Jesus carry his cross on the Via Dolorosa and the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The film then shifted to World War I, with two white brothers in a German-American family going to war on the Western Front, one fighting for the United States, and the other fighting for Germany.
Producers The Frohman Amusement Corp., Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
Original title The Birth of a Race
Directors John W. Noble
Writers George F. Wheeler, Tom Bret, Rudolph De Cordova, John W. Noble, Anthony Paul Kelly

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