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The Birth of a Nation - D. W. Griffith

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Directed by: 
D. W. Griffith
Story by: 
Thomas Dixon, Jr.
Screenplay by: 
D. W. Griffith
Frank E. Woods
Produced by: 
D. W. Griffith
Release year: 
1915
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
190min
Genre: 
Silent film
Indie film
Black-and-white
Costume drama
War film
Epic film
Drama
Music by: 
D. W. Griffith
Joseph Carl Breil
Prequel: 
The Avenging Conscience
Sequel: 
Intolerance
Subjects: 
American Civil War
Tagline: 
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan
Plot: 
Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Cast: 
Lillian Gish
as
Elsie Stoneman
Henry B. Walthall
as
Colonel Ben Cameron
Mae Marsh
as
Flora Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken
as
Dr. Cameron
Elmo Lincoln
as
Blacksmith
Violet Wilkey
as
Young Flora Cameron
Walter Long
as
Gus
Robert Harron
as
Tod Stoneman
Elmer Clifton
as
Phil Stoneman
George Siegmann
as
Silas Lynch
Josephine Crowell
as
Mrs. Cameron
Mary Alden
as
Lydia Brown
Miriam Cooper
as
Margaret Cameron
Ralph Lewis
as
Austin Stoneman
Wallace Reid
as
Jeff the blacksmith
Raoul Walsh
as
John Wilkes Booth
John Ford
as
Klansman
Eugene Pallette
as
Union soldier
Joseph Henabery
as
Abraham Lincoln
Sam De Grasse
as
Charles Sumner

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