The read
A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 91%. Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do. It runs long at 3h 15m.
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Critics rate it 30 points higher than audiences do.
616 audience votes
Key crew
- Jon MirsalisOriginal Music Composer
- D.W. GriffithWriter
- Frank E. WoodsScreenplay
- D.W. GriffithOriginal Music Composer
- D.W. GriffithDirector
Cast
- Lillian GishStoneman's Daughter Elsie
- Mae MarshFlora Cameron
- Henry B. WalthallCol. Ben Cameron
- Miriam CooperMargaret Cameron
- Mary AldenStoneman's Housekeeper Lydia
- Ralph LewisLeader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman
- George SiegmannLieut. Governor Silas Lynch
- Walter LongGus
- Robert HarronTod
- Wallace ReidJeff, the Blacksmith
- Joseph HenaberyAbraham Lincoln
- Elmer CliftonStoneman's Elder Son Phil
Stills
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1916
Shares: D.W. Griffith · Lillian Gish · Mae Marsh
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Themes
armyku klux klansouthern usaconspiracy theoryracismperiod dramasilent filmamerican civil war19th centuryabolitionistreconstruction erahistorical epic