The Birth of a Nation 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.

On location

The 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

Top billing shown. Full cast and crew on IMDB ↗

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