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The Birth of a Nation

Dir. D.W. Griffith·1915·3h 13m

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.

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The Birth of a Nation (1915)

D.W. Griffith

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3h 13m
Cross-source blend ~71/100

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United States of America

Ratings

TMDB users

6.0/10

593 votes

IMDb

6.1/10

Users

Critics

91%Rotten Tomatoes

Rating consensus

71/100 blend

Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes

Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~71/100 across 3 rating sources. Expect some divergence between critics and crowds.

Cast

Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

Gus

Robert Harron

Tod

Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton

Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

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