Genres
Duration
195 min
Director
D.W. Griffith
Rating
6.0
Release Date
February 8, 1915
The Birth of a Nation
Original title: The Birth of a Nation
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FlixFlingSynopsis
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.
The Birth of a Nation cast
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Lillian Gish
Character:
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
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Mae Marsh
Character:
Flora Cameron
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Henry B. Walthall
Character:
Col. Ben Cameron
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Miriam Cooper
Character:
Margaret Cameron
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Mary Alden
Character:
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
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Ralph Lewis
Character:
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
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George Siegmann
Character:
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
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Walter Long
Character:
Gus
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Robert Harron
Character:
Tod
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Wallace Reid
Character:
Jeff, the Blacksmith
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Joseph Henabery
Character:
Abraham Lincoln
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Elmer Clifton
Character:
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
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Josephine Crowell
Character:
Mrs. Cameron
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Spottiswoode Aitken
Character:
Dr. Cameron
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George Beranger
Character:
Wade Cameron
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Maxfield Stanley
Character:
Duke Cameron
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Jennie Lee
Character:
Mammy
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Donald Crisp
Character:
Gen. U.S. Grant
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Howard Gaye
Character:
Gen. Robert E. Lee
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Sam De Grasse
Character:
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
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William De Vaull
Character:
Nelse (uncredited)
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Willam Freeman
Character:
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
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Tom Wilson
Character:
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
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Fred Burns
Character:
Klansman (uncredited)
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Allan Sears
Character:
Klansman (uncredited)
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Elmo Lincoln
Character:
Blacksmith (uncredited)
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Character:
Black Woman (uncredited)
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Raoul Walsh
Character:
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
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Monte Blue
Character:
(uncredited)
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Harry Braham
Character:
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
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Bob Burns
Character:
Klan Leader (uncredited)
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Edmund Burns
Character:
Klansman (uncredited)
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Edward Burns
Character:
Klansman (uncredited)
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Peggy Cartwright
Character:
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
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Dark Cloud
Character:
General (uncredited)
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Leonore Cooper
Character:
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
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Charles Eagle Eye
Character:
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
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John Ford
Character:
Klansman (uncredited)
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Olga Grey
Character:
Laura Keene (uncredited)
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Alberta Lee
Character:
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
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Betty Marsh
Character:
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
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Donna Montran
Character:
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
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Eugene Pallette
Character:
Union Soldier (uncredited)
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Alma Rubens
Character:
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
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Charles Stevens
Character:
Volunteer (uncredited)
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Jules White
Character:
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
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Violet Wilkey
Character:
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
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David Butler
Character:
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
