The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

en
PG-13

6

February 1915

Drama
History
War

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.

Runtime:

3 hours 13 minutes

Status:

Released

Original Language:

en

Budget:

$100,000.00

Revenue:

$11,000,000.00

Director:

D.W. Griffith

Cast