The Birth of a Nation
"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"
1915-02-08
6.003
en 195mDramaHistoryWar
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.
The Life of a Nation Collection
View CollectionProducer
D.W. Griffith
Original Music Composer
Jon Mirsalis
Costume Design
Clare West
Editor
Raoul Walsh
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Director of Photography
Joseph Carl Breil
army ku klux klan southern usa racist silent film american civil war reconstruction era controversial
Status
ReleasedRevenue
$11,000,000Budget
$100,000Countries
- United States of America
Companies
- Epoch Film Co.
