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.| Status: | Released (1915-03-08) |
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| Awards: | 2 wins |
| Screen: | Thomas Dixon Jr., D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods |
| Productions: | Epoch Film Co. |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | No Language |
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Casts
- 8828: Lillian Gish - Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
- 8829: Mae Marsh - Flora Cameron
- 8830: Henry B. Walthall - Col. Ben Cameron
- 8831: Miriam Cooper - Margaret Cameron
- 8832: Mary Alden - Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
- 8833: Ralph Lewis - Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
- 8837: George Siegmann - Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
Crews
- 100036: D.W. Griffith - Producer - Production
- 8818: Jon Mirsalis - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 8826: Clare West - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 8823: Raoul Walsh - Editor - Editing
- 100036: D.W. Griffith - Writer - Writing
- 8817: Joseph Carl Breil - Director of Photography - Camera
- 8820: Joseph Henabery - Editor - Editing
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