Synopsis:
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.
Directed by: | D.W. Griffith |
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Written by: | D.W. Griffith & Frank E. Woods |
Runtime: | 193 minutes |
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Tagline: | The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan! |
Cast:
Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron
Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron
Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron
Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
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Also known as:
- Amerika hőskora
- Die Geburt einer Nation
- El naixement d'una nació
- En nations fødsel
- In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan
- Kansakunnan syntyminen
- Kansojen synty
- Ku-Klux-Klan
- Naşterea unei naţiuni
- The Clansman
- 국가의 탄생