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Cast
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Lillian Gish | As: Stoneman's Daughter Elsie |
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Mae Marsh | As: Flora Cameron |
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Henry B. Walthall | As: Col. Ben Cameron |
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Miriam Cooper | As: Margaret 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: 195m
Film Collections
Company Credits
Company: Epoch Film Co.
Budget: $100,000
Revenue: $11,000,000
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Cast
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Lillian Gish |
Stoneman's Daughter Elsie |
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Mae Marsh |
Flora Cameron |
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Henry B. Walthall |
Col. Ben Cameron |
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Miriam Cooper |
Margaret 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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Robert Harron |
Tod |
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Wallace Reid |
Jeff, the Blacksmith |
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Joseph Henabery |
Abraham Lincoln |
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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 |
Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited) |
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William De Vaull |
Nelse (uncredited) |
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Willam Freeman |
Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited) |
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Tom Wilson |
Stoneman's Servant (uncredited) |
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Fred Burns |
Klansman (uncredited) |
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Allan Sears |
Klansman (uncredited) |
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Elmo Lincoln |
Blacksmith (uncredited) |
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Madame Sul-Te-Wan |
Black Woman (uncredited) |
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Raoul Walsh |
John Wilkes Booth (uncredited) |
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Monte Blue |
(uncredited) |
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Harry Braham |
Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited) |
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Bob Burns |
Klan Leader (uncredited) |
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Edmund Burns |
Klansman (uncredited) |
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Edward Burns |
Klansman (uncredited) |
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Peggy Cartwright |
Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited) |
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Dark Cloud |
General (uncredited) |
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Leonore Cooper |
Elsie's Maid (uncredited) |
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Charles Eagle Eye |
Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited) |
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John Ford |
Klansman (uncredited) |
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Olga Grey |
Laura Keene (uncredited) |
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Alberta Lee |
Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited) |
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Betty Marsh |
Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited) |
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Donna Montran |
Belle of 1861 (uncredited) |
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Eugene Pallette |
Union Soldier (uncredited) |
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Alma Rubens |
Belle of 1861 (uncredited) |
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Charles Stevens |
Volunteer (uncredited) |
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Jules White |
Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
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Violet Wilkey |
Young Flora Cameron (uncredited) |
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David Butler |
Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited) |
Directed By
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Donald Crisp |
Assistant Director |
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Howard Gaye |
Assistant Director |
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Joseph Henabery |
Assistant Director |
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Fred Hamer |
Assistant Director |
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Robert Harron |
Assistant Director |
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Tom Wilson |
Assistant Director |
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Raoul Walsh |
Assistant Director |
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Jack Conway |
Assistant Director |
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Allan Dwan |
Assistant Director |
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Elmer Clifton |
Assistant Director |
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Thomas E. O'Brien |
Assistant Director |
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W.S. Van Dyke |
Assistant Director |
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Herbert Sutch |
Assistant Director |
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Erich von Stroheim |
Assistant Director |
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Christy Cabanne |
Assistant Director |
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Monte Blue |
Assistant Director |
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Baron von Winther |
Assistant Director |
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Henry B. Walthall |
Assistant Director |
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D.W. Griffith |
Director |
Writing Credits
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D.W. Griffith |
Writer |
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Frank E. Woods |
Screenplay |
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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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Raoul Walsh |
Editor |
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Joseph Henabery |
Editor |
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D.W. Griffith |
Editor |
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James Smith |
Editor |
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Rose Smith |
Editor |
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Karl Malkames |
Negative Cutter |
Costume and Makeup
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Clare West |
Costume Design |
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Robert Goldstein |
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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Joseph Nurnberger |
Music |
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Joseph Carl Breil |
Music |
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Carli Elinor |
Conductor |
Visual Effects
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Walter Hoffman |
Special Effects Supervisor |
Camera
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Joseph Carl Breil |
Director of Photography |
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Billy Bitzer |
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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Cash Shockey |
Painter |
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Frank Wortman |
Set Designer |
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Ralph M. DeLacy |
Property Master |
Other Crew
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Walter Hoffman |
Special Effects |
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Charles Eagle Eye |
Stunts |
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D.W. Griffith |
Presenter |
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Shorty English |
Carpenter |
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Jim Kidd |
Security |
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Monte Blue |
Stunts |
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Fireworks Wilson |
Special Effects |
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Leo Nomis |
Stunts |
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