The Birth of a Nation
Rating: 6 · 1915 · Drama, History, War · USA · 3 ч 13 мин
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1915
- Genre
- Drama, History, War
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 3 ч 13 мин
- TMDB
- 6
- IMDb
- 6
- Tagline
- The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Director
Cast
- 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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