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Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) -- The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Overview

User Rating:
8.2/10   4,589 votes
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Director:
D.W. Griffith
Writers:
D.W. Griffith (scenario)
Anita Loos (titles)
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Release Date:
5 September 1916 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | Romance more
Tagline:
The Cruel Hand of Intolerance more
Plot:
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
A Masterpiece Presenting the Definition of Intolerance Through Four Different Period of Time, Full of Injustice, Betrayal and Conspiracy more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Mae Marsh ... The Dear One (Modern Story)
Robert Harron ... The Boy (Modern Story)
F.A. Turner ... The Girl's Father (Modern Story) (as Fred Turner)
Sam De Grasse ... Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
Vera Lewis ... Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
Mary Alden ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Eleanor Washington ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Pearl Elmore ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Lucille Browne ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story)
Julia Mackley ... Self-Styled Uplifter (Modern Story) (as Mrs. Arthur Mackley)
Miriam Cooper ... The Friendless One (Modern Story)
Walter Long ... The Musketeer of the Slums (Modern Story) / Uncredited Babylonian Warrior (Babylonian Story)
Tom Wilson ... The Kindly Policeman (Modern Story)
Ralph Lewis ... Governor (Modern Story)
Lloyd Ingraham ... Judge of the Court (Modern Story)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Intolerance (USA) (short title)
Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA) (copyright title)
The Mother and the Law (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
163 min | UK:178 min (2000 video release) | USA:197 min | Spain:197 min (DVD version) | Spain:123 min (TV version) | Argentina:175 min
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | South Korea:12 (2003) | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Anita Loos claimed that, when writing 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,' she had been inspired to give lead character Lorelei Lee a brief movie career after watching her friends on the set of Intolerance playing Babylonian slave girls. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the Babylonian bacchanal, the same extra, dressed as a slave girl, is standing behind both Belshazzar and Beloved. She is looking in different directions and has her arms in different positions in each shot. more
Quotes:
Prince Belshazzar: [to his princess beloved] The fragrant mystery of your body is greater than the mystery of life. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Nothing Lasts Forever (1984) more

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17 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
A Masterpiece Presenting the Definition of Intolerance Through Four Different Period of Time, Full of Injustice, Betrayal and Conspiracy, 27 December 2003
10/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In accordance with 'The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language – International Edition', intolerance means '(1) the quality or condition of being intolerant.; (2) inability to withstand or consume. D.W. Griffith, the creator of the cinematographic narrative, extends this definition, presenting a masterpiece along four marks in human history. The first one is the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Then, the fall of Babylon, though the betrayal of the high priests to the King Belshazzar and his beloved princess and the conquest of the city (presently Iraq) by Cyrus. This set was the largest ever built in Hollywood. The massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve, in France is the third story. And a contemporary drama in 1916, with the story of the Dear One and The Boy and his involvement with The Musketeer's of the Slums, showing the fight between classes in the beginning of the Twentieth Century. In the end, a beautiful message of peace. The VHS copy I watched was restored and presents the music composed and conducted by Carl Davis and The Live Cinema Orchestra. An outstanding movie, recommended to those viewers who love cinema as art and mandatory for any collector. My vote is ten.

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