The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

193 mins | Drama, War, History | Feb. 8, 1915

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.

The Birth of a Nation

193 mins | Drama, War, History | Feb. 8, 1915

The Birth of a Nation
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

as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

as Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

as Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

as Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis

as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

as Gus

Wallace Reid

as Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery

as Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton

as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell

as Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken

as Dr. Cameron

George Beranger

as Wade Cameron

Maxfield Stanley

as Duke Cameron

Jennie Lee

as Mammy

Donald Crisp

as Gen. U.S. Grant

Howard Gaye

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam De Grasse

as Charles Sumner

William De Vaull

as Nelse

Willam Freeman

as Jake / Sentry at Hospital

Tom Wilson

as Stoneman's Servant

Fred Burns

as Klansman

Allan Sears

as Klansman

Elmo Lincoln

as Blacksmith

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

as Black Woman

Raoul Walsh

as John Wilkes Booth

Robert Harron

as Tod

Harry Braham

as Cameron's Male Servant

Bob Burns

as Klan Leader

Edmund Burns

as Klansman

Edward Burns

as Klansman

Peggy Cartwright

as Young Girl in Cabin

Dark Cloud

as General

Leonore Cooper

as Elsie's Maid

Charles Eagle Eye

as Man Who Falls from Roof

John Ford

as Klansman

Olga Grey

as Laura Keene

Alberta Lee

as Mrs. Lincoln

Betty Marsh

as Child with Dr. Cameron

Donna Montran

as Belle of 1861

Eugene Pallette

as Union Soldier

Alma Rubens

as Belle of 1861

Charles Stevens

as Volunteer

Jules White

as Confederate Soldier

Violet Wilkey

as Young Flora Cameron

David Butler

as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier