The Birth of a Nation

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.

Main Cast

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Age : 58 | Popularity : 7%

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Age : 99 | Popularity : 8%

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Age : 84 | Popularity : 5%

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Age : 73 | Popularity : 8%

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

Age : 65 | Popularity : 4%

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Age : 46 | Popularity : 3%

Walter Long

Gus

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Assistant Director	Erich von Stroheim Joseph Henabery Raoul Walsh Henry B. Walthall Elmer Clifton Donald Crisp Howard Gaye Robert Harron W.S. Van Dyke Jack Conway Allan Dwan Monte Blue Christy Cabanne Tom Wilson Herbert Sutch Fred Hamer Thomas E. O'Brien Baron von Winther
	Director	D.W. Griffith
Writing	Novel	Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
	Adaptation	Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
	Screenplay	Frank E. Woods
	Writer	D.W. Griffith
Production	Executive Producer	H.E. Aitken
	Producer	D.W. Griffith
Camera	Director of Photography	Joseph Carl Breil Billy Bitzer
	Camera Operator	Karl Brown
Sound	Music	Joseph Carl Breil Joseph Nurnberger
	Original Music Composer	Jon Mirsalis D.W. Griffith
	Conductor	Carli Elinor
Editing	Editor	Joseph Henabery James Smith Rose Smith Raoul Walsh D.W. Griffith
	Negative Cutter	Karl Malkames
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Robert Goldstein Clare West
Crew	Special Effects	Walter Hoffman Fireworks Wilson
	Presenter	D.W. Griffith
	Stunts	Monte Blue Leo Nomis Charles Eagle Eye
	Carpenter	Shorty English
	Security	Jim Kidd
Visual Effects	Special Effects Supervisor	Walter Hoffman
Art	Property Master	Ralph M. DeLacy
	Set Designer	Frank Wortman
	Assistant Property Master	Hal Sullivan
	Painter	Cash Shockey
Department	Role	Name

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