The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine in director D.W. Griffith's controversial Civil War epic. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron (Henry B. Walthall) is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman (Lillian Gish) petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father (Ralph Lewis) and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch (George Siegmann). …  MORE

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Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

American stage actor

Thomas Dixon Jr.

Thomas Dixon Jr.

American lawyer

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

Kelvin Harrison Jr.

American actor

Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper

Film actress

Jason Stuart

Jason Stuart

American actor

Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis

Author

H. E. Aitken

H. E. Aitken

Film producer

Steve Coulter

Steve Coulter

Actor

Spottiswoode Aitken

Spottiswoode Aitken

American actor

Brad Schmidt

Brad Schmidt

Actor

Katie Garfield

Katie Garfield

Actress

Tom Proctor

Tom Proctor

American actor

Tony Espinosa

Tony Espinosa

TV actor

Steve Colter

Steve Colter


Alkoya Brunson

Alkoya Brunson

Actor

Howard Gaye

Howard Gaye

British actor

Greg Sproles

Greg Sproles

Actor

George Beranger

George Beranger

Australian actor

Fred Burns

Fred Burns

American actor

Alfred Raoul

Alfred Raoul

Former President of Republic of the Congo

Edmund Burns

Edmund Burns

American actor

Elliot Davis

Elliot Davis

American cinematographer

Erich Carl

Erich Carl

Author

Jon Ford

Jon Ford

American politician

Jennie Lee

Jennie Lee

Politician

Justin Brookes

Justin Brookes


D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

American film director

Allan J. Stitt

Allan J. Stitt

Canadian film producer

Charles King Musician

Charles King Musician

Musical actor

Louis B. Mayer

Louis B. Mayer

American film producer