The Birth of a Nation 1915

Synopsis

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 Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
• Mae Marsh Flora Cameron
• Henry B. Walthall Col. Ben Cameron
• Miriam Cooper Margaret Cameron
• Mary Alden Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
• Ralph Lewis Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
• George Siegmann Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
• Walter Long Gus
• Robert Harron Tod
• Wallace Reid Jeff, the Blacksmith

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