The Birth of a Nation|Lillian Gish

Product Code: BFIB1207

EAN: 5035673012079
Catalogue Code: BFIB1207
Title: The Birth of a Nation
Principle Contributor: Lillian Gish
Contributors: D.W. Griffith, D.W. Griffith, D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods, Joseph Carl Breil, D.W. Griffith, G.W. Bitzer, Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, Robert Harron, Josephine Cromwell, Walter Long, Spottiswood Aiken, J.A. Beringer, Donald Crisp, John French, Joseph Henabery, Eugene Pallette, Wallace Reid, Raoul Walsh, Henry B. Walthall
Genre: Classic
Produced by Label/Studio: BFI, 1915
Published by: Trinity Creative Partnership, 23 Nov 2015
Format: Blu-ray / Collector's Edition,
Media: 2 disc(s)

Booklet|Documentaries: BFI Southbank Roundtable Discussion|Image Gallery|Interviews: DW Griffith, Melvyn Stokes, Cecil B. Demille|Short Films: 'The Rose of Kentucky' (1911), 'The Coward' (1911), 'The Drummer of the 8th' (1913), 'Stolen Glory' (1912), 'The Rebl Yell (1932)|Outtakes

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Cover Notes: D.W. Griffith co-writes and directs this epic and controversial account of the American Civil War and its aftermath. It tells the story of two families, the pro-Union Stonemans from the North and the pro-Confederacy Camerons from the South, and the way in which they are both caught up in the turmoil which befalls a sleepy Deep South town when Northern Abolitionists threaten to outlaw the slave trade which has existed there for years. Things go from bad to worse when Ben Cameron (Henry B. Walthall)'s little sister dies at the hands of Gus (Walter Long), a black farmhand, and Ben dons a Ku Klux Klan mask both to avenge her death and to come to the rescue of his beloved girlfriend Elsie (Lillian Gish), who has been kidnapped by a corrupt mixed-race governor.

Extras: Booklet|Documentaries: BFI Southbank Roundtable Discussion|Image Gallery|Interviews: DW Griffith, Melvyn Stokes, Cecil B. Demille|Short Films: 'The Rose of Kentucky' (1911), 'The Coward' (1911), 'The Drummer of the 8th' (1913), 'Stolen Glory' (1912), 'The Rebl Yell (1932)|Outtakes

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Even More Details: Language(s): English|Interactive Menu|Scene Access|Screen ratio 1:1.33

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