1915PG· 195 min
Birth of a Nation, The
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Drama War
5.9 / 10TMDB Score
Summary
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.
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden
Tags
100 Greatest MoviesAFI 100AFI #44American Civil WararmyBD-Rblack and whitecivil warcontroversialDVD-Video
