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The Birth of a Nation

The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

5.9(620)19153h 15m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
$100K
Box office
$100M
Language
No Language
Part of The Life of a Nation Collection · 2 films
  • army
  • ku klux klan
  • southern usa
  • conspiracy theory
  • racism
  • period drama
  • silent film
  • american civil war
  • 19th century
  • abolitionist
  • reconstruction era
  • historical epic

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Release dates

  • IndiaIN

    • TheatricalU27 Feb 1920
  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereLos Angeles, California8 Feb 1915
    • Theatrical21 Mar 1915
    • Theatrical (limited)Re-release, New York City, New York18 Dec 1930
    • Theatrical (limited)NRRe-release, Rosslyn, Virginia11 Mar 1970
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU8 Mar 1915
    • Theatrical (limited)URe-release, re-edited, sound version, London10 Mar 1931
    • TheatricalURe-release, re-edited24 Jul 1952
    • Physical15VHS5 Aug 1994
    • Physical15DVD5 Jul 2000
    • Physical15DVD, re-edited25 Jan 2005
  • United Arab EmiratesAE

    • PhysicalBlu-Ray23 Jul 2013
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG9 Aug 1915
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalPG8 Jun 1915
  • ArgentinaAR

    • TheatricalATP27 Apr 1917
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1221 May 1917
    • PhysicalDVD, rated Livre1 Jun 2012
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+9 Feb 2023
  • DenmarkDK

    • TheatricalA22 Mar 1918
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1615 Apr 1922
    • TheatricalK-16Re-release25 Sept 1964
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP21 Oct 1920

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The Birth of a Nation was released on 8 March 1915.

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    prabhushakti

    3/3/2018

    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, an…

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