The Birth of a Nation (1915)

1915 · Silent film · 192 min · dir. D.W. Griffith

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

• War

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Synopsis

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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Director

D.W. Griffith

Writer

D.W. Griffith

Composer

Jon Mirsalis

Cinematography

Joseph Carl Breil

Studio

Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions

Released

1915-03-08

Series

The Life of a Nation Collection

Awards

2 wins

Running time

192 minutes

Cast & crew

• D.W. Griffith Director
• Lillian Gish
• Mae Marsh
• Henry B. Walthall
• Miriam Cooper
• Mary Alden
• Ralph Lewis
• George Siegmann
• Walter Long

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