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The Birth of a Nation

“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”

1915 · 3h 13m · NR · Drama, History, War

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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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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

Joseph Henabery Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

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