The Birth of a Nation (1915) Cast & Crew
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Directed by D.W. Griffith.
Cast
- Lillian Gish as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
- Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron
- Henry B. Walthall as Col. Ben Cameron
- Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron
- Mary Alden as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
- Ralph Lewis as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
- George Siegmann as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
- Walter Long as Gus
- Robert Harron as Tod
- Wallace Reid as Jeff, the Blacksmith
- Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln
- Elmer Clifton as Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
- Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cameron
- Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr. Cameron
- George Beranger as Wade Cameron
- Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron
- Jennie Lee as Mammy
- Donald Crisp as Gen. U.S. Grant
- Howard Gaye as Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Sam De Grasse as Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
- William De Vaull as Nelse (uncredited)
- Willam Freeman as Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
- Tom Wilson as Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
- Fred Burns as Klansman (uncredited)
- Allan Sears as Klansman (uncredited)
- Elmo Lincoln as Blacksmith (uncredited)
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan as Black Woman (uncredited)
- Raoul Walsh as John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
- Monte Blue as (uncredited)
- Harry Braham as Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
- Bob Burns as Klan Leader (uncredited)
- Edmund Burns as Klansman (uncredited)
- Edward Burns as Klansman (uncredited)
- Peggy Cartwright as Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
- Dark Cloud as General (uncredited)
- Leonore Cooper as Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
- Charles Eagle Eye as Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
- John Ford as Klansman (uncredited)
- Olga Grey as Laura Keene (uncredited)
- Alberta Lee as Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
Crew
- D.W. Griffith — Producer
- Jon Mirsalis — Original Music Composer
- D.W. Griffith — Writer
- Joseph Carl Breil — Director of Photography
- Billy Bitzer — Director of Photography
- Frank E. Woods — Screenplay
- D.W. Griffith — Original Music Composer
- Thomas F. Dixon Jr. — Novel
- D.W. Griffith — Director
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