The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
Drama, History, War
195min
60.03%
Overview
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 co ...
Lillian Gish
Acting
Mae Marsh
Acting
Henry B. Walthall
Acting
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Lillian Gish
Popularity : 0.8029
Flora Cameron
Mae Marsh
Popularity : 0.2893
Col. Ben Cameron
Henry B. Walthall
Popularity : 0.2408
Margaret Cameron
Miriam Cooper
Popularity : 0.1237
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Mary Alden
Popularity : 0.1289
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Ralph Lewis
Popularity : 0.1206
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
George Siegmann
Popularity : 0.2339
Gus
Walter Long
Popularity : 0.1185
Tod
Robert Harron
Popularity : 0.2004
Jeff, the Blacksmith
Wallace Reid
Popularity : 0.2492
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph Henabery
Popularity : 0.2162
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Elmer Clifton
Popularity : 0.2024
Mrs. Cameron
Josephine Crowell
Popularity : 0.1118
Dr. Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Popularity : 0.1155
Wade Cameron
George Beranger
Popularity : 0.1298
Duke Cameron
Maxfield Stanley
Popularity : 0.0795
Mammy
Jennie Lee
Popularity : 0.0922
Gen. U.S. Grant
Donald Crisp
Popularity : 0.2509
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Howard Gaye
Popularity : 0.0561
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Sam De Grasse
Popularity : 0.1707
Nelse (uncredited)
William De Vaull
Popularity : 0.0604
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Willam Freeman
Popularity : 0.0387
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Popularity : 0.2104
Klansman (uncredited)
Fred Burns
Popularity : 0.121
Klansman (uncredited)
Allan Sears
Popularity : 0.0818
Blacksmith (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
Popularity : 0.117
Black Woman (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Popularity : 0.1005
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
Raoul Walsh
Popularity : 0.3759
(uncredited)
Monte Blue
Popularity : 0.4025
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Harry Braham
Popularity : 0.0143
Klan Leader (uncredited)
Bob Burns
Popularity : 0.0907
Klansman (uncredited)
Edmund Burns
Popularity : 0.1365
Klansman (uncredited)
Edward Burns
Popularity : 0.0818
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
Peggy Cartwright
Popularity : 0.049
General (uncredited)
Dark Cloud
Popularity : 0.0432
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
Leonore Cooper
Popularity : 0.0214
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
Charles Eagle Eye
Popularity : 0.0389
Klansman (uncredited)
John Ford
Popularity : 0.5089
Laura Keene (uncredited)
Olga Grey
Popularity : 0.0609
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Alberta Lee
Popularity : 0.1137
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Betty Marsh
Popularity : 0.051
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Donna Montran
Popularity : 0.0214
Union Soldier (uncredited)
Eugene Pallette
Popularity : 0.3333
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Alma Rubens
Popularity : 0.0881
Volunteer (uncredited)
Charles Stevens
Popularity : 0.1696
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
Jules White
Popularity : 0.1924
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
Violet Wilkey
Popularity : 0.0453
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
David Butler
Popularity : 0.2721
