TMDb Rating
6.0/10
575 verified votes
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
DramaHistoryWar
195 min
"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"
Plot Summary
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.
Director
D.W. Griffith
Top Cast
Lillian GishMae MarshHenry B. WalthallMiriam CooperMary Alden
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