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The Birth of a Nation

1915 "The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"
The Birth of a Nation
6.1| 3h13m| PG| en| Drama, History
Storyline

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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Epoch Film Co.

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  • The Birth of a Nation Cast
Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron
Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron
Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron
Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln