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The Birth of a Nation

1915·193'

★ 6.0

Letterboxd TMDB #618

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

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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Cast

Lillian Gish Lillian Gish Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh Mae Marsh Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper Miriam Cooper Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden Mary Alden Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis Ralph Lewis Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann George Siegmann Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter Long Walter Long Gus
Robert Harron Robert Harron Tod
Wallace Reid Wallace Reid Jeff, the Blacksmith
Joseph Henabery Joseph Henabery Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton Elmer Clifton Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

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