• Film ID:
  • 4992
  • Availability:
  • DVD Available from Shop
  • Film cert:
  • Running time:
  • DVD=190 min.
  • Nationality(ies):
  • America.
  • Primary Language(s):
  • Silent.
THE BIRTH OF A NATION (1915)
Cast Voices
Lillian Gish. Mae Marsh. Henry Walthall. D W Griffith.
Director(s)
D W Griffith.
Categories
Classics. 19th Century. Drama. War. Silent. Guardian 1000 Must See (2007). Historical.
Review
A disturbingly racist portrayal of the American Civil War, stunningly made, but unforgivably sympathetic to the KKK. This is an historic landmark of cinema, remarkable for its technical innovations if not its content.
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