The Birth Of A Nation (1915 Film) -- Directed By D.W. Griffith -- Full Movie

The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.

Directed by D. W. Griffith
Screenplay by

D. W. Griffith
Frank E. Woods

Based on The Clansman
by Thomas Dixon Jr.
Produced by

D. W. Griffith
Harry Aitken[1]

Starring

Lillian Gish
Mae Marsh
Henry B. Walthall
Miriam Cooper
Ralph Lewis
George Siegmann
Walter Long

Cinematography Billy Bitzer
Edited by D. W. Griffith
Music by Joseph Carl Breil
Production
company

David W. Griffith Corp.
Distributed by Epoch Producing Co.
Release date

February 8, 1915

Running time
12 reels
133–193 minutes[note 1][2]
Country United States
Languages

Silent film
English intertitles

Budget $100,000+[3]
Box office $50–100 million[4]