The Birth of a Nation
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
195 mins
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.
William De Vaull
Nelse (uncredited)
Willam Freeman
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
Harry Braham
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
Edward Burns
Klansman (uncredited)
Leonore Cooper
Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
Charles Eagle Eye
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
Betty Marsh
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
Donna Montran
Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
Violet Wilkey
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
H.E. Aitken
Executive Producer
Joseph Carl Breil
Director of Photography
Jon Mirsalis
Original Music Composer
James Smith
Editor
Rose Smith
Editor
Robert Goldstein
Costume Design
Clare West
Costume Design
Walter Hoffman
Special Effects
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Novel
Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Adaptation
Joseph Carl Breil
Music
Fred Hamer
Assistant Director
Thomas E. O'Brien
Assistant Director
Herbert Sutch
Assistant Director
Baron von Winther
Assistant Director
Ralph M. DeLacy
Property Master
Shorty English
Carpenter
Cash Shockey
Painter
Frank Wortman
Set Designer
Hal Sullivan
Assistant Property Master
Walter Hoffman
Special Effects Supervisor
Fireworks Wilson
Special Effects
Charles Eagle Eye
Stunts
Leo Nomis
Stunts
Karl Brown
Camera Operator
Karl Malkames
Negative Cutter
Joseph Nurnberger
Music
Jim Kidd
Security