The Birth of a Nation (1915)

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7	IMDB rating

Directed by

D.W. Griffith

Starring (View all)

Lillian Gish

Elsie - Stoneman's Daughter

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron - The Pet Sister

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron - Elder Sister

Mary Alden

Lydia - Stoneman's Mulatto Housekeeper

Ralph Lewis

Hon. Austin Stoneman - Leader of the House

George Siegmann

Silas Lynch - Mulatto Lieut. Governor

Walter Long

Gus - a Renegade Negro

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Thomas F. Dixon Jr.

D.W. Griffith

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9 months, 3 weeks ago at Aug 5 16:12

Alex Krajci

''He Achieved What No Other Know Man Has Achieved, To Watch His Work Is Like Being Witness To The Beginning Of Melody, Or The First Conscious Use Of The Lever Of The Wheel, The Emergence, Coordination, And First Eloquence Of Film Language; The Birth Of An Art Form Know As Film And To Realize That This Is All The Work Of One Man, D.W. Griffith.''

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Description: Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of t ... (more)

Release date : 3 March 1915
UPC: 017078913828

Silent (13), 1910s (10), War (8), 1915 (6), Racism (6), Civil War (6), Assassination (5), Drama (5), History (5), Propaganda (5), American Civil War (4), Usa (4), Western (3), Epic (3), Ku Klux Klan (3), Black & White (3), Romance (3), Fight (2), (2), Cross (2)

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