(The Birth of a Nation)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Drama,

History,

War

Runtime:

193 minutes

Year:

1915

Directors:

D.W. Griffith

Production companies:

Epoch Film Co.,

D.W. Griffith Productions,

Epoch Productions

Budget:

$100,000

Revenue:

$11,000,000

Actors:

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Flora Cameron

Col. Ben Cameron

Margaret Cameron

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Crews:

Screenplay

Executive Producer

Director of Photography

Original Music Composer

Director of Photography