The Birth of a Nation

The Birth of a Nation

Drama 1915 3 hr 21 min Classix

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D.W. Griffith's Civil War epic traces the War, the assassination of Lincoln and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan through the lives of two families in a film that remains America's most controversial cinematic landmark. - Includes making of.

Drama 1915 3 hr 21 min Classix

NR

Starring Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall

Director D.W. Griffith

Lillian Gish

Elsie
Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron
Mary Alden

Lydia Brown

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The Birth of a Nation

DRAMA

D.W. Griffith's Civil War epic traces the War, the assassination of Lincoln and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan through the lives of two families in a film that remains America's most controversial cinematic landmark. - Includes making of.

Landmark American film is both troubling and illuminating.

Average 8.1
Reviews 45
Fresh 41
Rotten 4

Information

Studio: Image Entertainment
Released: 1915
Run Time: 3 hr 21 min
Rated: NR
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English (United States)
Audio: English (United States)