The Birth of a Nation
Also known as The Clansman, Die Geburt einer Nation, En nations fødsel, El naixement d'una nació, Kansakunnan syntyminen
“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”
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.
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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
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
Mammy
Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
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D.W. GriffithDirector
Frank E. WoodsScreenplayD.W. GriffithWriterJon MirsalisOriginal Music ComposerD.W. GriffithOriginal Music ComposerJoseph NurnbergerMusicJoseph Carl BreilMusicJoseph Carl BreilDirector of Photography
Billy BitzerDirector of Photography
Raoul WalshEditorJoseph HenaberyEditorD.W. GriffithEditorVideos
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