Director :   D.W. Griffith
Producer :   D. W. Griffith, Harry Aitken

Starring :   Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Mae Marsh

Censor Rating :   NA

Duration :   175 min

Year of Production :   1915

Genre :   Feature Film

Category :   Classics

 

Synopsis :   

This silent film was originally presented in two parts separated by an intermission. Part 1 depicted pre-Civil War America, introducing two juxtaposed families: the Northern Stonemans, consisting of abolitionist Congressman Austin Stoneman (based on real-life Reconstruction-era Congressman Thaddeus Stevens), his two sons, and his daughter, Elsie, and the Southern Camerons, a family including two daughters (Margaret and Flora) and three sons, most notably Ben.