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The Birth of a Nation1915

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Runtime
3 hours 15 minutes
Language
en
Tagline
The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!
Overview

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.

Genres
Drama, History, War
Released
February 8, 1915
Budget
$100,000
Revenue
$100,000,000
Production
  • Epoch Film Co.
  • D.W. Griffith Productions
  • Epoch Productions

Credits

Directing

  • Donald CrispAssistant Director
  • Howard GayeAssistant Director
  • Joseph HenaberyAssistant Director
  • Fred HamerAssistant Director
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  • Robert HarronAssistant Director
  • Tom WilsonAssistant Director
  • Raoul WalshAssistant Director
  • Jack ConwayAssistant Director
  • Allan DwanAssistant Director
  • Elmer CliftonAssistant Director
  • Thomas E. O'BrienAssistant Director
  • W.S. Van DykeAssistant Director
  • Herbert SutchAssistant Director
  • Erich von StroheimAssistant Director
  • Christy CabanneAssistant Director
  • Monte BlueAssistant Director
  • Baron von WintherAssistant Director
  • Henry B. WalthallAssistant Director
  • D.W. GriffithDirector

Writing

  • D.W. GriffithWriter
  • Frank E. WoodsScreenplay
  • Thomas F. Dixon Jr.Novel
  • Thomas F. Dixon Jr.Adaptation
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  • Thomas F. Dixon Jr.Original Film Writer

Art

  • Hal SullivanAssistant Property Master
  • Cash ShockeyPainter
  • Frank WortmanSet Designer
  • Ralph M. DeLacyProperty Master

Camera

  • Joseph Carl BreilDirector of Photography
  • Billy BitzerDirector of Photography
  • Karl BrownCamera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

  • Clare WestCostume Design
  • Robert GoldsteinCostume Design

Crew

  • Walter HoffmanSpecial Effects
  • Charles Eagle EyeStunts
  • D.W. GriffithPresenter
  • Shorty EnglishCarpenter
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  • Jim KiddSecurity
  • Monte BlueStunts
  • Fireworks WilsonSpecial Effects
  • Leo NomisStunts

Editing

  • Raoul WalshEditor
  • Joseph HenaberyEditor
  • D.W. GriffithEditor
  • James SmithEditor
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  • Rose SmithEditor
  • Karl MalkamesNegative Cutter

Production

  • D.W. GriffithProducer
  • H.E. AitkenExecutive Producer

Sound

  • Jon MirsalisOriginal Music Composer
  • D.W. GriffithOriginal Music Composer
  • Joseph NurnbergerMusic
  • Joseph Carl BreilMusic
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  • Carli ElinorConductor

Visual Effects

  • Walter HoffmanSpecial Effects Supervisor

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