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The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

IMDB:

5.9
The Birth of a Nation

Released

3/8/1915

Duration

3h 15m

Genre

Drama, History, War

Country

United States of America

Cast

Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall

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.

Cast

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Lillian Gish

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Mae Marsh

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Miriam Cooper

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Mary Alden

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

Ralph Lewis

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

George Siegmann

Walter Long

Gus

Walter Long

Robert Harron

Tod

Robert Harron

Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith

Wallace Reid

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln

Joseph Henabery

Elmer Clifton

Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Elmer Clifton

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