The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Om te voorkomen dat de Verenigde Staten uiteenvallen verklaart Lincoln de oorlog aan de afvallige zuidelijke staten onder Jefferson Davis, wat leidt tot de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog. De families Stoneman en Cameron, die goed bevriend waren, worden nu uiteengedreven door dit conflict. Nadat het Zuiden is verslagen, verenigen de bevrijde slaven zich onder leiding van halfbloed Silas Lynch, die vastberaden is wraak te nemen op de voormalige slavenhouders. Om de blanke bevolking te beschermen richt Ben Cameron de Ku Klux Klan op.
Regiseur:
D.W. Griffith
Schrijver:
Frank E. Woods
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Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie |
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Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron |
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Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron |
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Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron |
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Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia |
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Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman |
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George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch |
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Walter Long as Gus |
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Robert Harron as Tod |
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Wallace Reid as Jeff, the Blacksmith |
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Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln |
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Elmer Clifton as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil |
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Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cameron |
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Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron |
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George Beranger as Wade Cameron |
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Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron |
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Jennie Lee as Mammy |
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Donald Crisp as Gen. U.S. Grant |
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Howard Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee |
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Sam De Grasse as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited) |
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William De Vaull as Nelse (uncredited) |
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Willam Freeman as Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited) |
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Tom Wilson as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited) |
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Fred Burns as Klansman (uncredited) |
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Allan Sears as Klansman (uncredited) |
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Elmo Lincoln as Blacksmith (uncredited) |
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Black Woman (uncredited) |
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Raoul Walsh as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited) |
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Monte Blue as (uncredited) |
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Harry Braham as Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited) |
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Bob Burns as Klan Leader (uncredited) |
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Edmund Burns as Klansman (uncredited) |
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Edward Burns as Klansman (uncredited) |
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Peggy Cartwright as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited) |
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Dark Cloud as General (uncredited) |
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Leonore Cooper as Elsie's Maid (uncredited) |
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Charles Eagle Eye as Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited) |
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John Ford as Klansman (uncredited) |
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Olga Grey as Laura Keene (uncredited) |
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Alberta Lee as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited) |
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Betty Marsh as Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited) |
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Donna Montran as Belle of 1861 (uncredited) |
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Eugene Pallette as Union Soldier (uncredited) |
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Alma Rubens as Belle of 1861 (uncredited) |
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Charles Stevens as Volunteer (uncredited) |
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Jules White as Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
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Violet Wilkey as Young Flora Cameron (uncredited) |
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David Butler as Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
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Mary Wynn as |
| Writing | Frank E. Woods | Screenplay |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Editing | Joseph Henabery | Editor |
| Editing | Rose Smith | Editor |
| Editing | Raoul Walsh | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Clare West | Costume Design |
| Camera | Joseph Carl Breil | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jon Mirsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Editing | D.W. Griffith | Editor |
| Production | H.E. Aitken | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects |
| Sound | D.W. Griffith | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert Goldstein | Costume Design |
| Directing | Robert Harron | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fred Hamer | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Thomas E. O'Brien | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Allan Dwan | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Monte Blue | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jack Conway | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Henry B. Walthall | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Herbert Sutch | Assistant Director |
| Directing | W.S. Van Dyke | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tom Wilson | Assistant Director |
| Art | Cash Shockey | Painter |
| Directing | Raoul Walsh | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Karl Brown | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Jim Kidd | Security |
| Crew | Shorty English | Carpenter |
| Crew | Charles Eagle Eye | Stunts |
| Visual Effects | Walter Hoffman | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Directing | Erich von Stroheim | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Donald Crisp | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Leo Nomis | Stunts |
| Sound | Joseph Nurnberger | Music |
| Crew | D.W. Griffith | Presenter |
| Sound | Joseph Carl Breil | Music |
| Directing | Howard Gaye | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Carli Elinor | Conductor |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Adaptation |
| Directing | Christy Cabanne | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Fireworks Wilson | Special Effects |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Novel |
| Directing | Baron von Winther | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Elmer Clifton | Assistant Director |
| Art | Frank Wortman | Set Designer |
| Art | Hal Sullivan | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Monte Blue | Stunts |
| Directing | Joseph Henabery | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ralph M. DeLacy | Property Master |
| Editing | Karl Malkames | Negative Cutter |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Writing | Thomas F. Dixon Jr. | Original Film Writer |
