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The Birth of a Nation
The film "The Birth of a Nation" is 195 minute from 1915, directed by D.W. Griffith. The main cast consists of Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh and Henry B. Walthall.
The Birth of a Nation
- Directed by: D.W. Griffith
- Main cast: Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall
- Written by: D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods
- Cinematography: Billy Bitzer, Joseph Carl Breil
- Music: D.W. Griffith, Joseph Carl Breil, Jon Mirsalis
Details
- Title: The Birth of a Nation
- Year: 1915
- Duration: 3h 15m
Cast & Crew
We know about 44 people who worked on "The Birth of a Nation";
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Roles
- Allan Sears ... Klansman
- Alma Rubens ... Belle of 1861
- Charles Stevens ... Volunteer
- Dark Cloud ... General
- Donald Crisp ... Gen. U.S. Grant
- Edmund Burns ... Klansman
- Elmer Clifton ... Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
- Elmo Lincoln ... Blacksmith
- Eugene Pallette ... Union Soldier
- Fred Burns ... Klansman
- George Beranger ... Wade Cameron
- George Siegmann ... Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
- Henry B. Walthall ... Col. Ben Cameron
- Howard Gaye ... Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Jennie Lee ... Mammy
- John Ford ... Klansman
- Joseph Henabery ... Abraham Lincoln
- Josephine Crowell ... Mrs. Cameron
- Jules White ... Confederate Soldier
- Lillian Gish ... Elsie Stoneman
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan ... Black Woman
- Mae Marsh ... Flora Cameron
- Mary Alden ... Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
- Maxfield Stanley ... Duke Cameron
- Miriam Cooper ... Margaret Cameron
- Monte Blue
- Olga Grey ... Laura Keene
- Peggy Cartwright ... Young Girl in Cabin
- Ralph Lewis ... Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
- Raoul Walsh ... John Wilkes Booth
- Robert Harron ... Tod
- Ronald Reagan ... Kid in Sheet
- Sam De Grasse ... Charles Sumner
- Spottiswoode Aitken ... Dr. Cameron
- Tom Wilson ... Stoneman's Servant
- Walter Long ... Gus
- William De Vaull ... Nelse
- Woodrow Wilson ... Gen. Robert E. Lee
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