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The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan! - The Birth of a Nation
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Title: The Birth of a Nation

Release Date: 8 Feb 1915

Runtime: 3h 13m

Genre: Drama, History, War

Director: Epoch Film Co.

Production Companies: Epoch Film Co.

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.009 (539 votes)

Cast

  • Col. Ben Cameron: Henry B. Walthall
  • Stoneman's Daughter Elsie: Lillian Gish
  • Margaret Cameron: Miriam Cooper
  • Flora Cameron: Mae Marsh
  • Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia: Mary Alden
  • Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman: Ralph Lewis
  • Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch: George Siegmann
  • Gus: Walter Long
  • Abraham Lincoln: Joseph Henabery
  • Jeff, the Blacksmith: Wallace Reid
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