The Birth of a Nation
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.
Crew
Cast
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Lillian GishFlora Cameron
Mae MarshCol. Ben Cameron
Henry B. WalthallMargaret Cameron
Miriam CooperStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Mary AldenLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Ralph LewisLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
George SiegmannGus
Walter LongTod
Robert HarronJeff, the Blacksmith
Wallace Reid
Lillian GishFlora Cameron
Mae MarshCol. Ben Cameron
Henry B. WalthallMargaret Cameron
Miriam CooperStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Mary AldenLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Ralph LewisLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
George SiegmannGus
Walter LongTod
Robert HarronJeff, the Blacksmith
Wallace Reid
