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.
Spoken Languages
No Language
Release Date
1915-02-08
Budget
100000
Revenue
11000000
Runtime
193 minutes