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The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!

5.9

3h 15m

1915

“The Fiery Cross of the Ku Klux Klan!”

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Trailer

DramaHistoryWar

armyku klux klansouthern usasilent filmamerican civil warreconstruction erahistorical epicinspirationalawestruckoptimisticfeel-good

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Cast & Crew

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

as Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

Mae Marsh

as Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

Henry B. Walthall

as Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

Miriam Cooper

as Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

Mary Alden

as Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis

Ralph Lewis

as Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

George Siegmann

as Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

Walter Long

as Gus

Robert Harron

Robert Harron

as Tod

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