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Cast
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Henry B. Walthall | As: Col. Ben Cameron |
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Lillian Gish | As: Stoneman's Daughter Elsie |
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Miriam Cooper | As: Margaret Cameron |
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Mae Marsh | As: Flora Cameron |
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Mary Alden | As: Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia |
Storyline
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.
| Tagline: | The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan! |
| Certification: | PG |
Details
Genres: Drama, History, War
Language: No Language
Release Date: 08 February 1915
Country: US
Runtime: 193m
Film Collections
Company Credits
Company: Epoch Film Co.
Budget: $100,000
Revenue: $11,000,000
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Cast
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Henry B. Walthall |
Col. Ben Cameron |
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Lillian Gish |
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie |
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Miriam Cooper |
Margaret Cameron |
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Mae Marsh |
Flora Cameron |
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Mary Alden |
Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia |
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Ralph Lewis |
Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman |
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George Siegmann |
Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch |
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Walter Long |
Gus |
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Joseph Henabery |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Wallace Reid |
Jeff, the Blacksmith |
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Elmer Clifton |
Stoneman's Elder Son Phil |
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Josephine Crowell |
Mrs. Cameron |
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Spottiswoode Aitken |
Dr. Cameron |
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George Beranger |
Wade Cameron |
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Maxfield Stanley |
Duke Cameron |
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Jennie Lee |
Mammy |
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Donald Crisp |
Gen. U.S. Grant |
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Howard Gaye |
Gen. Robert E. Lee |
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Sam De Grasse |
Charles Sumner |
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William De Vaull |
Nelse |
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Willam Freeman |
Jake / Sentry at Hospital |
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Tom Wilson |
Stoneman's Servant |
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Fred Burns |
Klansman |
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Allan Sears |
Klansman |
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Elmo Lincoln |
Blacksmith |
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan |
Black Woman |
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Raoul Walsh |
John Wilkes Booth |
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Robert Harron |
Tod |
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Monte Blue |
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Harry Braham |
Cameron's Male Servant |
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Bob Burns |
Klan Leader |
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Edmund Burns |
Klansman |
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Edward Burns |
Klansman |
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Peggy Cartwright |
Young Girl in Cabin |
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Dark Cloud |
General |
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Leonore Cooper |
Elsie's Maid |
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Charles Eagle Eye |
Man Who Falls from Roof |
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John Ford |
Klansman |
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Olga Grey |
Laura Keene |
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Alberta Lee |
Mrs. Lincoln |
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Betty Marsh |
Child with Dr. Cameron |
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Donna Montran |
Belle of 1861 |
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Eugene Pallette |
Union Soldier |
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Alma Rubens |
Belle of 1861 |
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Charles Stevens |
Volunteer |
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Jules White |
Confederate Soldier |
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Violet Wilkey |
Young Flora Cameron |
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David Butler |
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier |
Directed By
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Donald Crisp |
Assistant Director |
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Jack Conway |
Assistant Director |
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Howard Gaye |
Assistant Director |
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Thomas E. O'Brien |
Assistant Director |
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Robert Harron |
Assistant Director |
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W.S. Van Dyke |
Assistant Director |
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Monte Blue |
Assistant Director |
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Christy Cabanne |
Assistant Director |
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Tom Wilson |
Assistant Director |
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Joseph Henabery |
Assistant Director |
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Raoul Walsh |
Assistant Director |
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Elmer Clifton |
Assistant Director |
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Erich von Stroheim |
Assistant Director |
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Fred Hamer |
Assistant Director |
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Henry B. Walthall |
Assistant Director |
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Allan Dwan |
Assistant Director |
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Baron von Winther |
Assistant Director |
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Herbert Sutch |
Assistant Director |
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D.W. Griffith |
Director |
Writing Credits
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Frank E. Woods |
Screenplay |
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D.W. Griffith |
Writer |
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Thomas F. Dixon Jr. |
Novel |
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Thomas F. Dixon Jr. |
Adaptation |
Production Crew
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D.W. Griffith |
Producer |
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H.E. Aitken |
Executive Producer |
Edited By
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D.W. Griffith |
Editor |
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James Smith |
Editor |
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Raoul Walsh |
Editor |
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Rose Smith |
Editor |
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Joseph Henabery |
Editor |
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Karl Malkames |
Negative Cutter |
Costume and Makeup
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Robert Goldstein |
Costume Design |
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Clare West |
Costume Design |
Sound
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Jon Mirsalis |
Original Music Composer |
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D.W. Griffith |
Original Music Composer |
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Carli Elinor |
Conductor |
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Joseph Carl Breil |
Music |
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Joseph Nurnberger |
Music |
Visual Effects
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Walter Hoffman |
Special Effects Supervisor |
Camera
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Billy Bitzer |
Director of Photography |
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Joseph Carl Breil |
Director of Photography |
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Karl Brown |
Camera Operator |
Lighting
Art Department
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Hal Sullivan |
Assistant Property Master |
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Frank Wortman |
Set Designer |
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Ralph M. DeLacy |
Property Master |
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Cash Shockey |
Painter |
Other Crew
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Walter Hoffman |
Special Effects |
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D.W. Griffith |
Presenter |
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Leo Nomis |
Stunts |
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Shorty English |
Carpenter |
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Jim Kidd |
Security |
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Fireworks Wilson |
Special Effects |
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Monte Blue |
Stunts |
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Charles Eagle Eye |
Stunts |
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