The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
6.0
595
Year
1915
Country
United States of America
Genre
Drama, History, War
The slogan
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Director
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Director
Writer
D.W. Griffith
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Frank E. Woods
Frank E. Woods
Screenplay
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
T
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Novel
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
T
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Adaptation
Budget
100,000 $
Fees
11,000,000 $
Duration
3h 13min
Description
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.
