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1915-02-08 • 3h 13m

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The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

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.

Directors
D.W. Griffith
Writters
D.W. Griffith
Editors
D.W. Griffith, Rose Smith

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  1. Henry B. Walthall

    Henry B. Walthall

    Col. Ben Cameron

  2. Lillian Gish

    Lillian Gish

    Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

  3. Miriam Cooper

    Miriam Cooper

    Margaret Cameron

  4. Mae Marsh

    Mae Marsh

    Flora Cameron

  5. Mary Alden

    Mary Alden

    Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

  6. Ralph Lewis

    Ralph Lewis

    Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

  7. George Siegmann

    George Siegmann

    Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

  8. Walter Long

    Walter Long

    Gus

  9. Joseph Henabery

    Joseph Henabery

    Abraham Lincoln

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prabhushakti

Mar 3, 2018

10/10

He achieved what no other known man has ever achieved. To watch his work is like being witness to the beginning of melody, or the first conscious use of the lever or the wheel; the emergence, coordination, and first eloquence of language; thebirth of an art: and to realize that this is all the work of one man. - James Agee Griffith demonstrated to every filmmaker and moviegoer who followed him what a movie was, and what a movie could be. - Roger Ebert

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$100,000.00
Revenue
$11,000,000.00
Keywords
armyku klux klansouthern usaracistsilent filmamerican civil warreconstruction eracontroversial