The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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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.
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Col. Ben Cameron
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
Mrs. Cameron
Dr. Cameron
Wade Cameron
Duke Cameron
Mammy
Gen. U.S. Grant
Gen. Robert E. Lee
Charles Sumner
Nelse
Margaret Cameron
Jake / Sentry at Hospital
Stoneman's Servant
Klansman
Klansman
Blacksmith
Black Woman
John Wilkes Booth
Tod
Cameron's Male Servant
Flora Cameron
Klan Leader
Klansman
Klansman
Young Girl in Cabin
General
Elsie's Maid
Man Who Falls from Roof
Klansman
Laura Keene
Mrs. Lincoln
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
Child with Dr. Cameron
Belle of 1861
Union Soldier
Belle of 1861
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Confederate Soldier
Young Flora Cameron
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Gus
Abraham Lincoln
Jeff, the Blacksmith
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