Synopsis
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.
Movie Information
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writers
- D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods
- Release Year
- 1915
- Runtime
- 195 minutes
- Genre
- Drama, History, War
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (612 votes)
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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.
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