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The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

5.95 - voted by 591
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.

Cast

Lillian Gish poster

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh poster

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall poster

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper poster

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden poster

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis poster

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann poster

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long poster

Walter Long

Gus

Robert Harron poster

Robert Harron

Tod

Wallace Reid poster

Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery poster

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton poster

Elmer Clifton

Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell poster

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken poster

Spottiswoode Aitken

Dr. Cameron

George Beranger poster

George Beranger

Wade Cameron