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.
Released: Feb 08, 1915
Runtime: 193 minutes
Stars: Henry B. Walthall, Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis
Crew: D.W. Griffith (Producer), Jon Mirsalis (Original Music Composer), Clare West (Costume Design), Raoul Walsh (Editor), D.W. Griffith (Writer), Joseph Carl Breil (Director of Photography)