The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Birth of a Nation |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
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| 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
Titles
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| Swedish release title |
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| Title for Swedish Video release |
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Crew
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| Director of Photography | |
| Music |
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| Production Designer | |
| Film Editor | |
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| Stunt Coordinator | |
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| 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. | ||
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| 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 |
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| Date | 1963-03-30 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 3205 meters |
| Censorship number | 70969 |
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| Date | 1946-11-21 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 3405 meters |
| Censorship number | 20074 |
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| Date | 1918-09-05 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 1741 meters |
| Censored length | 1640 meters |
| Censorship number | 20073 |
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| Date | 1918-09-05 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 15 |
| Original length | 1855 meters |
| Censored length | 1854 meters |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 1.33:1 |
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| 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) | |
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| Author | Thomas F. Dixon jr. |
| Original title | The Leopard's Spots: A Romance of the White Man's Burden - 1865-1900 (Novel) | |
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| Author | Thomas F. Dixon jr. |
| Original title | The Clansman (Play) | |
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| 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") | |
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| 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 | |||
| Video release | 1995-10 | Sweden | 160 min |
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 | |
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| Carrier type | 35 mm |
| Length | 3555 |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 60 x 80 cm |
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| Quantity | 1 |
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Language | Norwegian |
Holdings Stills
| Black and white print | 10 |
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| Album | No |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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