The Birth of a Nation
Drama
History
War
Lenguage:193 min
Duration:en
Release date:Feb 8, 1915
Calificacion:6.0
Description:
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.
Cast
Henry B. WalthallCol. Ben Cameron
Lillian GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
Miriam CooperMargaret Cameron
Mae MarshFlora Cameron
Mary AldenStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph LewisLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
George SiegmannLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Walter LongGus
Wallace ReidJeff, the Blacksmith
Josephine CrowellMrs. Cameron