The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation (1915) - Drama Movies 193 minutes. The Clansman, Die Geburt einer Nation, En nations fødsel, El naixement d'una nació, Kansakunnan syntyminen, Kansojen synty, Ku-Klux-Klan, Kansakunnan synty, Amerika hőskora, En nasjons fødsel, Naşterea unei naţiuni, In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan, Rodjenje nacije, 국가의 탄생, Η Γέννηση Ενός Έθνους, El nacimiento de una nación, 국가의 생성. 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. army, ku klux klan, southern usa, racist, silent film, american civil war, reconstruction era, controversial
Released: Feb 08, 1915
Runtime: 193 minutes
Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis
Crew: Frank E. Woods (Screenplay), Billy Bitzer (Director of Photography), D.W. Griffith (Writer), Joseph Henabery (Editor), Rose Smith (Editor), Raoul Walsh (Editor)