The Birth of a Nation
1915-03-08
- Drama
- History
- War
overview
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.
Top Cast
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Lillian Gish
Flora Cameron
Mae Marsh
Col. Ben Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Margaret Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Mary Alden
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Ralph Lewis
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
George Siegmann
