The Birth of a Nation
1915
Action / Drama / History / War

The Birth of a Nation
1915
Action / Drama / History / War
Plot summary
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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Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron
Lillian Gish as Elsie - Stoneman's Daughter
Dark Cloud as General at Appomatox Surrender
George Siegmann as Silas Lynch - Mulatto Lieut. Governor
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