The Birth of a Race (1918)
The Greatest Photoplay on Earth
90 min
This epic traces, from the Beginning, the lineage of the race of peace-loving people. Mankind at its best is highlighted as greatness of character across the centuries is displayed: Noah heeding God's command, Moses leading the Israelities, Jesus Christ dying to save humanity and promote His message of peace. Moving into our modern epoch: Columbus's discovery of America, the Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation; A race of free humans committed to the proliferation of peace and freedom. What becomes of this race when autocratic powers threaten democracy in the time of the first World War?
- Release date
- January 2, 1918
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Joseph Carl Breil
Cast
- Louis Dean as The Kaiser
- Harry Dumont as Crown Prince
- Carter B. Harkness as Adam
- Doris Doscher as Eve
- Charles E. Graham as Noah
- Ben Hendricks Sr. as Fritz Schmidt
- Alice Gale as Frau Schmidt
- John Reinhardt as Oscar Schmidt
- Gertrude Braun as Louisa Schmidt
- Stephen Grattan as Pat O'Brien
Crew
- John W. Noble · Director
- George F. Wheeler · Writer
- Rudolph De Cordova · Writer
- John W. Noble · Writer
- Anthony Paul Kelly · Writer
- Daniel Frohman · Producer
- Emmett J. Scott · Producer
- Joseph Carl Breil · Composer
- Herbert Oswald Carleton · Cinematographer