Movie Cosmos - The Birth of a Nation

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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.

Top Cast >

Lillian Gish

As Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

As Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

As Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

As Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

As Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis

As Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

As Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

As Gus

Robert Harron

As Tod

Wallace Reid

As Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery

As Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton

As Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell

As Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken

As Dr. Cameron

George Beranger

As Wade Cameron

Maxfield Stanley

As Duke Cameron

Jennie Lee

As Mammy

Donald Crisp

As Gen. U.S. Grant

Howard Gaye

As Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam De Grasse

As Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

William De Vaull

As Nelse (uncredited)

Willam Freeman

As Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

As Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)

Fred Burns

As Klansman (uncredited)

Allan Sears

As Klansman (uncredited)

Elmo Lincoln

As Blacksmith (uncredited)

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

As Black Woman (uncredited)

Raoul Walsh

As John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)

Monte Blue

As (uncredited)

Harry Braham

As Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)

Bob Burns

As Klan Leader (uncredited)

Edmund Burns

As Klansman (uncredited)

Edward Burns

As Klansman (uncredited)

Peggy Cartwright

As Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)

Dark Cloud

As General (uncredited)

Leonore Cooper

As Elsie's Maid (uncredited)

Charles Eagle Eye

As Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)

John Ford

As Klansman (uncredited)

Olga Grey

As Laura Keene (uncredited)

Alberta Lee

As Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)

Betty Marsh

As Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)

Donna Montran

As Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Eugene Pallette

As Union Soldier (uncredited)

Alma Rubens

As Belle of 1861 (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

As Volunteer (uncredited)

Jules White

As Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Violet Wilkey

As Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)

David Butler

As Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

Mary Wynn

Top Crew >

D.W. Griffith

Director

Reviews:

prabhushakti (10/10)

He achieved what no other known man has ever achieved. To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel; the emergence, coordination, and first eloquence of language; thebirth of an art: and to realize that this is all the work of one man. - James Agee

Griffith demonstrated to every filmmaker and moviegoer who followed him what a movie was, and what a movie could be. - Roger Ebert

2018-03-03