The Birth of a Nation (1915)

USA, 218 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Birth of a Nation
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Swedish release 1918-09-23

Cast

Lillian Gish
Elsie Stoneman

Mae Marsh
Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall (as Henry Walthall)
Benjamin "Ben" Cameron, "The Little Colonel", sydstatsöverste

Miriam Cooper
Margaret Cameron, den äldre systern

Mary Alden
Lydia Brown, Stonemans hushållerska

Ralph Lewis
Honorable Austin Stoneman, kongressledamot, Elsies far

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Titles

Original title
  • The Birth of a Nation
Swedish release title
  • Nationens födelse
Distribution title
  • Narodziny narodu (Polen)
Alternative title
  • The Clansman
Title for Swedish Video release
  • Nationens födelse

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Line Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Assistant Director
Stunt Coordinator
Special Effects
Unit Publicist
Assistant Cameraman
Negative Cutter
Construction Coordinator
Assistant Film Editor

Cast

Lillian Gish Elsie Stoneman
Mae Marsh Flora Cameron
Henry B. Walthall (as Henry Walthall) Benjamin "Ben" Cameron, "The Little Colonel", sydstatsöverste
Miriam Cooper Margaret Cameron, den äldre systern
Mary Alden Lydia Brown, Stonemans hushållerska
Ralph Lewis Honorable Austin Stoneman, kongressledamot, Elsies far
George Siegmann Silas Lynch, den svartas ledare, mulatt
Walter Long Gus, avfällingen
Wallace Reid Jeff, smeden som skjuts ihjäl av Gus
Joseph Henabery president Abraham Lincoln/klanryttare
Elmer Clifton Phil Stoneman, Elsies äldste bror
Robert Harron Ted Stoneman, Elsies yngste bror
nordstatssoldaten som ger vatten åt en döende sydstatssoldat/bonddräng/spion vid Camerons fönster
Josephine Crowell Mrs. Cameron, modern
Spottiswoode Aitken doktor Cameron, fadern
George Beranger (as J.A. Beringer) Duke Cameron, den yngste sonen
Maxfield Stanley Wade Cameron, den andre sonen
Jennie Lee Cindy, Camerons hushållerska
Donald Crisp general U.S. Grant, nordstatsgeneral
Howard Gaye general Robert E. Lee, sydstatsgeneral
- Ej krediterade:
Raoul Walsh John Wilkes Booth, president Lincolns mördare
Sam De Grasse Charles Sumner, senator
William De Vaull Nelse
William Freeman Jake/vakten i sjukhuset i Washington
Tom Wilson Stonemans betjänt
Violet Wilkey Flora som barn
Elmo Lincoln White-Arm Joe, krogvärden i Piedmont/sydstatsledare i Piedmont/auktionsutropare (samt ytterligare sex småroller)
Alberta Lee Mrs. Mary Todd Lincoln
Olga Grey Laura Keene, stjärnan i pjäsen "Our American Cousin"
Eugene Pallette skadad nordstatssoldat
Madame Sul-Te-Wan kvinnan med brokig sjal
Bessie Love en flicka i Piedmont
Lenore Cooper Elsies jungfru
Alma Rubens Belle of 1861
Donna Montran Belle of 1861
Erich von Stroheim mannen som faller från taket
Charles Stevens mannen som rapporterar överfallet på Piedmont till sydstatsledningen
John Ford (as Jack Ford) en klanmedlem
Gibson Gowland
Alberta Franklin
Charles King
Monte Blue
William E. Cassidy
Allan Sears
Fred Hamer stuntman

Companies

Production Company David W. Griffith Corp.
Griffith Feature Films
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Svenska Biografteaterns Filmbyrå 1918 (stum)
Svenska Filmsamfundet 1946 (stum)
Cat-Film Distributions AB 1963 (ljud)
Distributor in Sweden (Video) Filmförlaget Atlantic AB 1995
Distributor in Sweden (buy video) Filmförlaget Atlantic AB 1995
Costume Designer Robert Goldstein Costumes Company
Other Company Epoch Producing Corporation (amerikansk distributör 1915)

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 100515
Date 1963-03-30
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3205 meters


Censorship number 70969
Date 1946-11-21
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 3405 meters


Censorship number 20074
Date 1918-09-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1741 meters
Censored length 1640 meters


Censorship number 20073
Date 1918-09-05
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 1855 meters
Censored length 1854 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Silent
Colour type Black and white (tinted)
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 16
Length in metres 3980 meter
Length in minutes 218 min
Reels 12 reels


Original work

Original title The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan (Novel)
Author Thomas F. Dixon jr.


Original title The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden - 1865-1900 (Novel)
Author Thomas F. Dixon jr.


Original title The Clansman (Play)
Author Thomas F. Dixon jr.


Production location

USA 1914-07-04 1914-10-31
Reliance-Majestic Studios, Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles (ateljé)
San Fernando Valley, Kalifornien
Big Bear Valley, Kalifornien
Rio Hondo, Kalifornien
Calexio, Kalifornien

Release dates

Other showing 1915-01-01 Loring Opera House Riverside, Kalifornien USA (förhandsvisning med titeln "The Clansman")
First showing 1915-02-08 Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles USA 218 min (visad med titeln "The Clansman")
Other showing 1915-03-03 Liberty Theater New York City USA 193 min ("världspremiär", visad med titeln "The Birth of a Nation")
Release in Sweden 1918-09-23 Cosmorama Gothenburg Sweden
1918-09-23 Metropol Malmö Sweden
1918-09-23 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1966-10-22 Sweden
1970-10-06 Sweden
1971-02-11 Sweden
1971-09-23 Sweden
1972-01-30 Sweden
1972-09-24 Sweden
1973-03-07 Sweden
1977-08-25 Sweden
1978-02-02 Sweden
1981-04-03 Sweden
1981-04-04 Sweden
1982-04-02 Sweden
1982-04-10 Sweden
1986-09-21 Sweden
1986-09-26 Sweden
1993-10-25 Sweden
1993-10-29 Sweden
Video release 1995-10 Sweden 160 min
Cinematheque screening 1996-09-08 Gothenburg Sweden
2004-10-23 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden 173 min
2004-11-16 Draken Gothenburg Sweden 173 min
2004-11-27 Spegeln Malmö Sweden 173 min
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen 2010-03-01

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3555


Holdings Posters

Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Dialoglista
Language Norwegian


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 10
Colour prints No
Behind the scenes prints No
Slides No
Digital images Yes
Negatives No
Contact sheets No
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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