The Birth of a Nation (1915)

"The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!"

Drama History War

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.

Duration

193 min

Rating

⭐ 5.9 / 10

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 08, 1915

Languages

No Language

Production

Epoch Film Co., D.W. Griffith Productions, Epoch Productions