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The Birth of a Nation

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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The Birth of a Nation

February 8, 1915
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Cast (48)

Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Mae Marsh
Flora 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
Joseph Henabery
Abraham Lincoln
Wallace Reid
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Elmer Clifton
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Dr. Cameron
George Beranger
Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee
Mammy
Donald Crisp
Gen. U.S. Grant
Howard Gaye
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Sam De Grasse
Charles Sumner
William De Vaull
Nelse
Willam Freeman
Jake / Sentry at Hospital
Tom Wilson
Stoneman's Servant
Fred Burns
Klansman
Allan Sears
Klansman
Elmo Lincoln
Blacksmith
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Black Woman
Raoul Walsh
John Wilkes Booth
Robert Harron
Tod
Monte Blue
N/A
Harry Braham
Cameron's Male Servant
Bob Burns
Klan Leader
Edmund Burns
Klansman
Edward Burns
Klansman
Peggy Cartwright
Young Girl in Cabin
Dark Cloud
General
Leonore Cooper
Elsie's Maid
Charles Eagle Eye
Man Who Falls from Roof
John Ford
Klansman
Olga Grey
Laura Keene
Alberta Lee
Mrs. Lincoln
Betty Marsh
Child with Dr. Cameron
Donna Montran
Belle of 1861
Eugene Pallette
Union Soldier
Alma Rubens
Belle of 1861
Charles Stevens
Volunteer
Jules White
Confederate Soldier
Violet Wilkey
Young Flora Cameron
David Butler
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier

Crew (54)

Directing

Raoul Walsh
Assistant Director
Robert Harron
Assistant Director
Erich von Stroheim
Assistant Director
D.W. Griffith
Director
Joseph Henabery
Assistant Director
Allan Dwan
Assistant Director
Henry B. Walthall
Assistant Director
Monte Blue
Assistant Director
Donald Crisp
Assistant Director
Tom Wilson
Assistant Director
W.S. Van Dyke
Assistant Director
Christy Cabanne
Assistant Director
Howard Gaye
Assistant Director
Jack Conway
Assistant Director
Elmer Clifton
Assistant Director
Herbert Sutch
Assistant Director
Baron von Winther
Assistant Director
Fred Hamer
Assistant Director
Thomas E. O'Brien
Assistant Director

Writing

Production

D.W. Griffith
Producer
H.E. Aitken
Executive Producer

Sound

D.W. Griffith
Original Music Composer
Carli Elinor
Conductor
Joseph Nurnberger
Music
Joseph Carl Breil
Music
Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer

Art

Frank Wortman
Set Designer
Cash Shockey
Painter
Hal Sullivan
Assistant Property Master
Ralph M. DeLacy
Property Master

Camera

Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Karl Brown
Camera Operator
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Robert Goldstein
Costume Design
Clare West
Costume Design

Crew

D.W. Griffith
Presenter
Monte Blue
Stunts
Leo Nomis
Stunts
Charles Eagle Eye
Stunts
Shorty English
Carpenter
Jim Kidd
Security
Fireworks Wilson
Special Effects
Walter Hoffman
Special Effects

Editing

Lighting

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Visual Effects

Walter Hoffman
Special Effects Supervisor