The Birth of a Nation
(1915)

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

Released: 1915-02-08

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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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Henry B. Walthall

as Col. Ben Cameron

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Lillian Gish

as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

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Miriam Cooper

as Margaret Cameron

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Mae Marsh

as Flora Cameron

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Mary Alden

as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

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Ralph Lewis

as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

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George Siegmann

as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

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Walter Long

as Gus

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Joseph Henabery

as Abraham Lincoln

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Wallace Reid

as Jeff, the Blacksmith

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Elmer Clifton

as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

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Josephine Crowell

as Mrs. Cameron

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Spottiswoode Aitken

as Dr. Cameron

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George Beranger

as Wade Cameron

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Maxfield Stanley

as Duke Cameron

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Jennie Lee

as Mammy

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Donald Crisp

as Gen. U.S. Grant

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Howard Gaye

as Gen. Robert E. Lee

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Sam De Grasse

as Charles Sumner

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William De Vaull

as Nelse

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