The Birth of a Nation

Directed by D.W. Griffith
Not Rated
1915    3h 13m[Drama](/on-demand/category/drama), [War](/on-demand/category/war)
6.191%40%6.0
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Cast of The Birth of a Nation

  • Lillian GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
  • Mae MarshFlora Cameron
  • Henry B. WalthallCol. Ben Cameron / Assistant Director
  • Miriam CooperMargaret Cameron
  • Mary AldenStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
  • Ralph LewisLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
  • George SiegmannLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
  • Walter LongGus
  • Robert HarronTod / Assistant Director
  • Wallace ReidJeff, the Blacksmith
  • Joseph HenaberyAbraham Lincoln / Assistant Director / Editor
  • Elmer CliftonStoneman's Elder Son Phil / Assistant Director
  • Josephine CrowellMrs. Cameron
  • Spottiswoode AitkenDr. Cameron
  • George BerangerWade Cameron
  • Maxfield StanleyDuke Cameron
  • Jennie LeeMammy
  • Donald CrispGen. U.S. Grant / Assistant Director
  • Howard GayeGen. Robert E. Lee / Assistant Director
  • Sam De GrasseSenator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

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