Movie
The Birth of a Nation
Released: March 8, 1915 (1915)
Runtime: 195 minutes
Genres: Drama, History, War
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Age at release: 42
- Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron
Age at release: 36
- Walter Long as Gus
Age at release: 36
- George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Age at release: 33
- Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Age at release: 31
- Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron
Age at release: 23
- Wallace Reid as Jeff, the Blacksmith
Age at release: 23
- Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Age at release: 21
- Robert Harron as Tod
Age at release: 21
- Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron
Age at release: 20
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- Jennie Lee as Mammy
Age at release: 66
- Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cameron
Age at release: 56
- Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron
Age at release: 46
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Black Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Sam De Grasse as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
Age at release: 39
- Howard Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee
Age at release: 36
- Fred Burns as Klansman (uncredited)
Age at release: 36
- Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron
Age at release: 35
- Edward Burns as Klansman (uncredited)
Age at release: 35
- Tom Wilson as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
Age at release: 34
- Donald Crisp as Gen. U.S. Grant
Age at release: 32
- Bob Burns as Klan Leader (uncredited)
Age at release: 30
- Allan Sears as Klansman (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
- Monte Blue as (uncredited)
Age at release: 28
- Elmo Lincoln as Blacksmith (uncredited)
Age at release: 26
- Edmund Burns as Klansman (uncredited)
Age at release: 22
- George Beranger as Wade Cameron
Age at release: 21
- William De Vaull as Nelse (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Willam Freeman as Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Harry Braham as Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown