The Birth of a Nation

Name: The Birth of a Nation
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 08 Feb 1915
Rating: 4.973
Cast: Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh, Mary Alden

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.

Genre: Drama, History, War

Cast: Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis

Crew: Frank E. Woods (Screenplay), H.E. Aitken (Executive Producer), Joseph Carl Breil (Director of Photography), Jon Mirsalis (Original Music Composer), Billy Bitzer (Director of Photography), Joseph Henabery (Editor)

Studio: Epoch Film Co.

Runtime: 193 minutes

Quality: HD

Release: Feb 08, 1915

IMDb: 4.973

Country: United States of America

Language: No Language

Keyword : army, ku klux klan, southern usa, racist, silent film, american civil war, reconstruction era, controversial

The Birth of a Nation

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