The Birth of a Nation
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Synopsis:
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 GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
Mae MarshFlora Cameron
Henry B. WalthallCol. Ben Cameron
Miriam CooperMargaret Cameron
Mary AldenStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
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