Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
- Genres: Drama, History, War
- Release Date: 1915-02-08
- Runtime: 193.0 min
- Budget: $0.1 million
- Revenue: $11.0 million
- Production Companies: Epoch Film Co.
Cast & Crew
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Maxfield Stanley, Jennie Lee, Donald Crisp, Howard Gaye, Sam De Grasse, William De Vaull, Willam Freeman, Tom Wilson, Fred Burns, Allan Sears, Elmo Lincoln, Madame Sul, Te, Wan, Raoul Walsh, Robert Harron, Monte Blue, Harry Braham, Bob Burns, Edmund Burns, Edward Burns, Peggy Cartwright, Dark Cloud, Leonore Cooper, Charles Eagle Eye, John Ford, Olga Grey, Alberta Lee, Betty Marsh, Donna Montran, Eugene Pallette, Alma Rubens, Charles Stevens, Jules White, Violet Wilkey, David Butler
Synopsis – What to Expect from “The Birth of a Nation”
The Birth of a Nation, released in 1915, is a silent epic drama film directed by D.W. Griffith and based on Thomas Dixon Jr.’s novel The Clansman.
The film follows two families, the Stonemans and the Camerons, from the Civil War to the Reconstruction era. The Stonemans are a Northern family who are abolitionists. The Camerons are a Southern family who are slaveholders.
The film opens with the Stonemans and Camerons fighting in the Civil War. The Stonemans are fighting for the Union while the Camerons are fighting for the Confederacy. After the war, the Stonemans return to their home in the North while the Camerons return to their home in the South.
The Reconstruction era brings a new challenge for the Camerons as they are forced to accept the new laws of the Union. This leads to a clash between the two families as the Stonemans support the new laws while the Camerons oppose them.
The Camerons are forced into poverty and are threatened by the newly freed slaves. In an effort to protect their family, the Camerons form a secret society called the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan is formed to protect the white Southerners from the freed slaves.
The film follows the Klan as they fight against the Union forces and the freed slaves. The Klan is successful in their mission and the South is eventually restored.
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