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DirectorD.W. Griffith

Runtime3h 13m · NR

GenresDrama · History · War

Release1915-03-08

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The Birth of a Nation

Name: The Birth of a Nation
Released: 1915-03-08

1915· NR· 3h 13m· Drama· History· War

“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”

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.

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Key Crew

DirectorD.W. Griffith

WriterD.W. Griffith

ScreenplayFrank E. Woods

ProducerD.W. Griffith

Director of PhotographyBilly Bitzer

Original Music ComposerD.W. Griffith

EditorD.W. Griffith

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 50 crew)

Details

Released1915-03-08

Runtime3h 13m · NR

StatusReleased

StudiosEpoch Film Co. · D.W. Griffith Productions · Epoch Productions

Budget$100,000

Box office$11M

LanguagesNo Language

CountriesUnited States of America

Rating6.0/10 · 595 votes

Original languageen

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