Sunday, July 21, 2024

THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)

 




















Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Based on the novel "The Clansman" by: Thomas Dixon Jr.
Starring: Lillian GishMae MarshHenry B. WathallMiriam CooperMary AldenRalph LewisGeorge SiegmannWalter LongWallace ReidJoseph HenaberyElmer CliftonRobert HarronJosephine CrowellSpottiswoode AitkenGeorge BerangerMaxfield StanleyJennie LeeDonald CrispHoward GayeHarry BrahamEdmund BurnsDavid ButlerWilliam FreemanSam De GrasseOlga GreyRussell HicksElmo LincolnEugene PalletteCharles StevensMadame Sul-Te-WanRaoul WalshViolet WilkeyTom WilsonDonna MontranAlberta LeeAllan SearsVester PeggAlma RubensMary WynnJules WhiteMonte BlueGibson GowlandFred BurnsCharles King

193 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Two brothers, Phil and Ted Stoneman, visit their friends in Piedmont, South Carolina: the family Cameron. This friendship is affected by the Civil War, as the Stonemans and the Camerons must join up opposite armies. The consequences of the War in their lives are shown in connection to major historical events, like the development of the Civil War itself, Lincoln's assassination, and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

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