Naissance d'une nation (1915)
The Birth of a Nation
Réalisateur : D.W. Griffith
Scénaristes : Frank E. Woods, D.W. Griffith, Thomas F. Dixon Jr.
Genres : Drame, Histoire, Guerre
193 minutes
Status : Released
Budget : 100 000 $
Langue : No Language
Pays : United States of America
Société de production : Epoch Film Co.
Synopsis
Pendant la guerre de Sécession aux États-Unis, deux familles sont mises à l'épreuve : les Stoneman, favorables au Nord, et les Cameron, des sudistes. Le retour de la paix ne calme pas les esprits. Lincoln est assassiné. Les troubles naissent des politiciens véreux et des Noirs livrés à eux-mêmes. Par réaction se crée le Ku Klux Klan justicier et vengeur.
- Lillian Gish - Stoneman's Daughter Elsie
- Mae Marsh - Flora Cameron
- Henry B. Walthall - Col. Ben Cameron
- Miriam Cooper - Margaret Cameron
- Mary Alden - Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
- Ralph Lewis - Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
- George Siegmann - Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch
- Walter Long - Gus
- Robert Harron - Tod
- Wallace Reid - Jeff, the Blacksmith
- Joseph Henabery - Abraham Lincoln
- Elmer Clifton - Stoneman's Elder Son Phil
- Josephine Crowell - Mrs. Cameron
- Spottiswoode Aitken - Dr. Cameron
- George Beranger - Wade Cameron
- Maxfield Stanley - Duke Cameron
- Jennie Lee - Mammy
- Donald Crisp - Gen. U.S. Grant
- Howard Gaye - Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Sam De Grasse - Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)
- William De Vaull - Nelse (uncredited)
- Willam Freeman - Jake / Sentry at Hospital (uncredited)
- Tom Wilson - Stoneman's Servant (uncredited)
- Fred Burns - Klansman (uncredited)
- Allan Sears - Klansman (uncredited)
- Elmo Lincoln - Blacksmith (uncredited)
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan - Black Woman (uncredited)
- Raoul Walsh - John Wilkes Booth (uncredited)
- Monte Blue - (uncredited)
- Harry Braham - Cameron's Male Servant (uncredited)
- Bob Burns - Klan Leader (uncredited)
- Edmund Burns - Klansman (uncredited)
- Edward Burns - Klansman (uncredited)
- Peggy Cartwright - Young Girl in Cabin (uncredited)
- Dark Cloud - General (uncredited)
- Leonore Cooper - Elsie's Maid (uncredited)
- Charles Eagle Eye - Man Who Falls from Roof (uncredited)
- John Ford - Klansman (uncredited)
- Olga Grey - Laura Keene (uncredited)
- Alberta Lee - Mrs. Lincoln (uncredited)
- Betty Marsh - Child with Dr. Cameron (uncredited)
- Donna Montran - Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
- Eugene Pallette - Union Soldier (uncredited)
- Alma Rubens - Belle of 1861 (uncredited)
- Charles Stevens - Volunteer (uncredited)
- Jules White - Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
- Violet Wilkey - Young Flora Cameron (uncredited)
- David Butler - Northern Soldier / Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
- Mary Wynn -
