The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation - (1915)Released

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.

Genres

DramaHistoryWar

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Epoch Film Co.D.W. Griffith ProductionsEpoch Productions

Spoken Languages

No Language

Release Date

1915-03-08

Budget

100000

Revenue

100000000

Runtime

195 minutes

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