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The Birth of a Nation

"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"

1915 5.9 3h 15m IMDb

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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

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

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

Gus

Robert Harron

Tod

Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton

Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken

Spottiswoode Aitken

Dr. Cameron

George Beranger

George Beranger

Wade Cameron

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