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.
Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $100,000
Cast
Elmer Clifton
George Beranger
George Siegmann
Henry B. Walthall
Joseph Henabery
Josephine Crowell
Lillian Gish
Mae Marsh
Mary Alden
Miriam Cooper
Ralph Lewis
Robert Harron
Spottiswoode Aitken
Wallace Reid
Walter Long
Keywords
19th century
abolitionist
american civil war
army
conspiracy theory
historical epic
independent film
ku klux klan
period drama
racism
reconstruction era
silent film
southern usa
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