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title: 'The Birth of a Nation (1915)'
type: 'film'
director: 'D. W. Griffith'
released: '1915-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 187
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-birth-of-a-nation-1915'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004972/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Birth of a Nation (1915)

1915 · 187 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Screenplay:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith), [Frank E. Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-e-woods)
- **Producer:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Editor:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joseph Carl Breil](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-carl-breil)
- **Director of Photography:** [Billy Bitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bitzer)

## Cast

- [Walter Long](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-long)
- [Elmo Lincoln](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmo-lincoln)
- [Bob Burns](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-burns)
- [Henry B. Walthall](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-b-walthall)
- [Ralph Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-lewis)
- [Peggy Cartwright](https://cinepixo.com/people/peggy-cartwright)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Erich von Stroheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/erich-von-stroheim)
- [Mary Alden](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-alden)
- [Spottiswoode Aitken](https://cinepixo.com/people/spottiswoode-aitken)
- [Robert Harron](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-harron)
- [Jules White](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-white)
- [Joseph Henabery](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-henabery) as Abraham Lincoln
- [Gibson Gowland](https://cinepixo.com/people/gibson-gowland)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)

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