Movie · 195 min · 15 · drm, war
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.
Where to watch The Birth of a Nation
Available on 8 platforms across 1 countries.
Chart positions today
Currently charting in 1 countries, best placed at #928 in United Kingdom.
- United Kingdom #928
Available languages
Audio: English
Subtitles: English, Italian
Chart history
The Birth of a Nation has spent 0 days in a top 3, 0 days in a top 10 and 2 days in a top 100 across the markets we track. Its best position anywhere is #15.
Cast
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Maxfield Stanley, Jennie Lee, Donald Crisp
Crew
Frank E. Woods (screenplay), D.W. Griffith (producer,writer)