The Birth of a Nation
The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln’s assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
Awards
Online Film & Television Association
OFTA Film Hall of Fame
National Film Preservation Board
National Film Registry
Cast
Lillian Gish
Elsie - Stoneman's DaughterMae Marsh
Flora Cameron - The Pet SisterHenry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron aka The Little ColonelMiriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron - The Elder SisterMary Alden
Lydia Brown - Stoneman's Mulatto HousekeeperRalph Lewis
Hon. Austin Stoneman - Leader of the HouseGeorge Siegmann
Silas Lynch - Mulatto Lieut. GovernorCrew
D.W. Griffith
directorD.W. Griffith
writerThomas Dixon Jr.
writerFrank E. Woods
writer
