The Birth of a Nation (1915)
With Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Henry B. Walthall, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Mary Alden, Walter Long
Directed by D. W. Griffith
The Birth of a Nation is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. The screenplay is adapted from Thomas Dixon Jr.'s 1905 novel and play The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan. Griffith co-wrote the screenplay with Frank E. Woods and produced the film with Harry Aitken.
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