| Other author/creator | Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948. |
| Other author/creator | Woods, Frank E. |
| Other author/creator | Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944. |
| Other author/creator | Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993. |
| Other author/creator | Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968. |
| Other author/creator | Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937. |
| Other author/creator | Reid, Wallace, 1891-1923. |
| Other author/creator | Walthall, Henry B. (Henry Brazeale), 1878-1936. |
| Other author/creator | Dixon, Thomas, Jr., 1864-1946 Clansman. |
| Other author/creator | Alpha Video Distributors. |
| Variant title |
At the head of title on disc: D.W. Griffith's 1915 masterpiece |
| Series |
Alpha Video classics
Alpha video classics. ^A698744
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| Abstract |
Recounts the events leading up to and immediately fter the Civil War. Ben Cameron, a brave yet disillusioned Confederate soldier, creates a covert group of impassioned Southerners called the Ku Klux Klan as an answer to the supposed problem of the rise and rule of blacks and carpetbaggers. Bent on revenge, Ben leads his KKK followers in a war to suppress the black threat to white society, ultimately restoring "order" to his beloved South. |
| General note | Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1915. |
| General note | Based on the novel The Clansman, by Thomas Dixon. |
| Credits | Director, D.W. Griffith ; writers, D.W. Griffith, Frank E. Woods ; photography, G.W. Bitzer. |
| Cast |
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Ralph Lewis, Wallace Reid, Henry Walthall. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| Language | Silent film with music score. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Silent films. |
| Genre/form | Historical films. |
| Publisher number | ALP 47160 Alpha Video |
