The Birth of a Nation
1915 • Drama | History
5.959 (585)
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Director
Status
Released
Release date
March 8, 1915
Duration
193 Min
Language
English
Popularity
2.1317
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
$11,000,000
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.
