Two families, the abolitionist Stonemans and the Southern Camerons, become intertwined during the Civil War and Reconstruction. After Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured, nurse Elsie Stoneman seeks his pardon, while in South Carolina he founds the Ku Klux Klan and clashes with Elsie's father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
- Directors
- D.W. Griffith
- Cast
- Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Maxfield Stanley, Jennie Lee, Donald Crisp, Howard Gaye, Sam De Grasse
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Drama, History, War
- Release date
- 1915-03-08
- Studios
- Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions
The Birth of a Nation Plot and Cast
The lives of two families—the abolitionist Stonemans of the North and the Southern landowning Camerons—intersect during the Civil War and its aftermath. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is taken prisoner, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. Later, in Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron establishes the Ku Klux Klan and opposes Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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