BIRTH OF A NATION - BLU-1915-D.W. GRIFFITH-KINO

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• Release Year: 1915
• Genre: Drama, Romance, War, Western
• Plot: Almost a century after its release, THE BIRTH OF A NATION remains one of the most controversial films ever made… a landmark achievement that continues to fascinate and enrage audiences. It is the epic story of two families, one northern and one southern, during and after the Civil War. D.W. Griffith’s masterful direction combines brilliant battle scenes and tender romance with a vicious portrayal of African Americans. It was the greatest feature-length blockbuster yet to be produced in the United States, and the first to be shown in the White House. After seeing the film, President Woodrow Wilson declared it was “like writing history with lightning!” In cities and states across the country, the film energized the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), which tried to have the film banned, or at least the most gruesome scenes censored. The film also inspired African Americans to move into filmmaking as a way to offer alternative images and stories.
• Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Henry B. Walthall, Miriam Cooper, Mary Alden, Ralph Lewis, George Siegmann, Walter Long, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid, Joseph Henabery, Elmer Clifton, Josephine Crowell, Spottiswoode Aitken, George Beranger, Maxfield Stanley, Jennie Lee, Donald Crisp, Howard Gaye, Bennie Billings, Monte Blue, Harry Braham, Beulah Burns, Bob Burns, Edmund Burns, Edward Burns, Fred Burns, Thelma Burns, David Butler, Peggy Cartwright, William E. Cassidy, Dark Cloud, Lenore Cooper, Sam De Grasse, William De Vaull, Charles Eagle Eye, John Ford, Alberta Franklin, William Freeman, Gibson Gowland, Olga Grey, D.W. Griffith, Frederic Hamen, Russell Hicks, Walter Huston, Alberta Lee, Elmo Lincoln, Betty Marsh, Donna Montran, Eugene Pallette, Vester Pegg, Jack Pickford, Hayes E. Robertson, Alma Rubens, Allan Sears, Charles Stevens, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Erich von Stroheim, George Walsh, Raoul Walsh, Jules White, Violet Wilkey, Tom Wilson, Mary Wynn, Thomas Dixon Jr., Frank E. Woods, Woodrow Wilson, John M. Hay, John G. Nicolay
• Director: D.W. Griffith
• Runtime: 3:06
• Company: Kino International
• Media Format: Movie