1915
6.0 (553 votes)
3h 15m
Genres
Drama
History
War
Production Companies
Epoch Film Co.
The Birth of a Nation
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: Frank E. Woods
Director of Photography: Billy Bitzer, Joseph Carl Breil
Writer: D.W. Griffith
Producer: D.W. Griffith
Director: D.W. Griffith
Top Cast
Videos
Birth of a Nation by D.W. Griffith - Trailer (1915)
