Production |
|
|
|
Distribution |
|
Producer |
D.W. Griffith |
Director |
D.W. Griffith |
Assistant Director |
George Siegmann |
|
George Siegmann |
|
George Beranger |
|
Monte Blue |
|
Christy Cabanne [(as William Christy Cabanne)] |
|
Elmer Clifton |
|
Howard Gaye |
|
Fred Hamer |
|
Fred Hamer |
|
Tom Wilson |
|
Tom Wilson [(uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
Erich von Stroheim [(uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
Raoul Walsh [(uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
J.A. Barry [Executive and production assistant] |
Scenario |
D.W. Griffith |
|
Frank E. Woods |
Based on |
Thomas Dixon [Novel "The Clansman"] |
Director of Photography |
G.W. Bitzer |
Camera Operator |
Karl Brown |
Camera Assistant |
Frank B. Good [(as F.B. Good)] |
Composer |
Joseph Carl Breil |
|
D.W. Griffith |
Editor |
James Smith |
|
Rose Smith |
|
Joseph Henabery |
|
Raoul Walsh [(uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
Set Decoration |
Raoul Walsh |
Cast |
Henry B. Walthall [Colonel Ben Cameron [The little Colonel] (as Henry Walthall)] |
|
Miriam Cooper [Margaret Cameron, The Elder Sister] |
|
Mae Marsh [Flora Cameron, The Pet Sister] |
|
Josephine Crowell [Mrs. Cameron] |
|
Spottiswoode Aitken [Dr. Cameron] |
|
George Beranger [Wade Cameron - Second Son (as J.A. Beringer)] |
|
Maxfield Stanley [[John French] Duke Cameron - Youngest Son] |
|
Jennie Lee [Mammy, The Faithful Servant] |
|
Ralph Lewis [Hon. Austin Stoneman - Leader of the House] |
|
Lillian Gish [Elsie Stoneman, his daughter] |
|
Elmer Clifton [Phil, Stoneman's Elder Son] |
|
Robert Harron [Ted Stoneman, the younger son] |
|
Wallace Reid [Jeff, the Blacksmith (as Wallace Reed)] |
|
Mary Alden [Lydia - Stoneman's Mulatto Housekeeper] |
|
George Siegmann [Silas Lynch - Mulatto Lieut. Governor (as George Seigmann)] |
|
Walter Long [Gus, a renegade negro] |
|
Joseph Henabery [Abraham Lincoln and several other parts (as Jos. Henabery)] |
|
Raoul Walsh [John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln's Murderer] |
|
Donald Crisp [Gen. U.S. Grant] |
|
Howard Gaye [General Robert E. Lee] |
|
William de Vaull [Nelse, an old-fashioned negro] |
|
William Freeman [Jake, a black man faithful unto death / Sentry at the Hospital] |
|
Tom Wilson [Stoneman's Servat] |
|
Sam de Grasse [Charles Sumner] |
|
Fred Burns |
|
Allan Sears |
|
Allan Sears [Flora Cameron as a Child] |
|
Elmo Lincoln [White-arm Joe and other Roles] |
|
Alberta Lee [Mrs. Lincoln] |
|
Olga Grey [Laura Keene] |
|
Eugene Pallette [Union Soldier] |
|
Dark Cloud [General in the Appomatox surrender] |
|
John Ford [Klansman (uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
Madame Sul-Te-Wan [A black woman, Dr. Cameron's taunter] |
|
Gibson Gowland [Extra] |
|
Jack Pickford [[In blackface]] |
|
Jack Pickford [Man falling from roof (uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
Erich von Stroheim [Man falling from roof (uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
Jules White [Man falling from roof (uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
Jules White [Man falling from roof (uncertain or unconfirmed)] |
|
Eagle Eye [Extra] |
|
Lenore Cooper [Elsie's Maid] |
|
Alma Rubens [Belles of 1861] |
|
Donna Montran [Belles of 1861] |
|
Donna Montran [Piedmont Girl] |
|
Charles Stevens [Man who reports Piedmont raid to the Confederates] |
|
Charles Stevens [Cameron's Male Servant] |
Format: 35 mm, 1:1,33 - Ratio: 1:1,33 - Black and White,Length: 190 minutes, 11335 feet, 12 reels, 16 frames per second
Szenenphoto aus The Birth of a Nation, © , Szenenphoto aus The Birth of a Nation, © , General Information
The Birth of a Nation is a motion picture produced in the year 1915 as a USA production. The Film was directed by D.W. Griffith, with Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mae Marsh, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, in the leading parts. We have currently no synopsis of this picture on file; There are no reviews of The Birth of a Nation available.
Bibliography - Motography, Vol XIII, March 20, 1915, pg 431p
- Motography, Vol XIII, June 19, 1915, pg 1009
100 Film da salvare, pg 20ff; - Jerzy Toeplitz, Geschichte des Films, Band I, pg. 129f