The Birth of a Nation

Name: The Birth of a Nation
Genre: Drama, History, War
Released: 1915-01-01
Duration: 193 min
Rating: 5.958

“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”

Part of the The Life of a Nation Collection franchise

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,

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Lillian Gish

as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

as Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

as Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

as Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis

as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

as Gus

Robert Harron

as Tod

Wallace Reid

as Jeff, the Blacksmith

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1 min read · Published July 1, 2026

6.0/10

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.

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