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.

Directed by: D.W. Griffith
Written by: D.W. Griffith & Frank E. Woods
Runtime: 193 minutes
Critics score:
Tagline: The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Cast:
Henry B. Walthall Henry B. Walthall
Col. Ben Cameron 
Lillian Gish Lillian Gish
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie 
Miriam Cooper Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron 
Mae Marsh Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron 
Mary Alden Mary Alden
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia 
Ralph Lewis Ralph Lewis
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman 
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Also known as:
  • Die Geburt einer Nation
  • En nations fødsel
  • El naixement d'una nació
  • Kansakunnan syntyminen
  • Kansojen synty
  • Ku-Klux-Klan
  • Amerika hőskora
  • Naşterea unei naţiuni
  • 국가의 탄생
  • Η Γέννηση Ενός Έθνους
  • The Clansman
  • In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan