Date : 1915
Cast : Lillian Gish as Elsie Stoneman
Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron
Henry B.
Walthall as Colonel Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron
Ralph Lewis (actor) as Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann as Silas Lynch
William De Vaull as Jake
Walter Long (actor) as Gus
Robert Harron as Tod Stoneman
Wallace Reid as Jeff the blacksmith
Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton as Phil Stoneman
Josephine Crowell as Mrs.
Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr.
Cameron
George Beranger as Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee (actor) as Mammy
Donald Crisp as General Ulysses S.
In its time, "The Birth of a Nation" was a masterpiece.
Its racist undertones and revisionism are quite disturbing, but it is still worth watching for its historical influence.
IMDb entry: veoh.com/download/extra/2041
Date : 1915
Cast : Lillian Gish as Elsie Stoneman
Mae Marsh as Flora Cameron
Henry B.
Walthall as Colonel Ben Cameron
Miriam Cooper as Margaret Cameron
Ralph Lewis (actor) as Austin Stoneman
George Siegmann as Silas Lynch
William De Vaull as Jake
Walter Long (actor) as Gus
Robert Harron as Tod Stoneman
Wallace Reid as Jeff the blacksmith
Joseph Henabery as Abraham Lincoln
Elmer Clifton as Phil Stoneman
Josephine Crowell as Mrs.
Cameron
Spottiswoode Aitken as Dr.
Cameron
George Beranger as Wade Cameron
Maxfield Stanley as Duke Cameron
Jennie Lee (actor) as Mammy
Donald Crisp as General Ulysses S.
Grant
Howard Gaye as General Robert E.
Lee