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The film consists of four distinct, but parallel, stories—intercut with increasing frequency as the film builds to a climax—that demonstrate mankind’s persistent intolerance throughout the ages. The timeline covers approximately 2,500 years.
A silent drama that interweaves four historical stories of intolerance and suffering across different eras. The film was a flop at the box office, but is now considered a masterpiece of narrative and visual complexity by film scholars.
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- Drama, History
- D.W. Griffith
- 1916-10-04
Intolerance was a colossal undertaking filled with monumental sets, lavish period costumes, and more than 3,000 extras. The film consisted of four distinct but parallel stories that demonstrated mankind's intolerance during four different ages in world history.
- 176 min
D.W. Griffith's epic intercuts between four separate stories about man's inhumanity to man. In Babylon, pacifist Prince Belshazzar is brought down by warring religious factions. In Judea, the last...
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- Lillian Gish
- D.W. Griffith
- Drama
Intolerance, epic American silent film, released in 1916, that is notable for its vast sets and for its intricate plot structure. A plea for tolerance, it was director D.W. Griffith’s response to the censorship and controversy that arose over the overt racism found in his previous film, The Birth.
- Lee Pfeiffer
Intolerance is a silent epic film by D.W. Griffith that depicts four stories of intolerance and hatred from different historical eras. The film uses crosscutting and parallel editing to show the similarities and contrasts between the stories and their effects on human lives.
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A silent epic that interweaves four stories of intolerance from different historical periods, from ancient Babylon to modern America. The film was a response to the controversy over Griffith's previous film The Birth of a Nation, which glorified the Ku Klux Klan.
