Top 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsMost Popular Video GamesMost Popular Music VideosMost Popular Podcasts
    Release CalendarBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV NewsIndia TV Spotlight
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsBest Picture WinnersBest Picture WinnersSundance Film FestivalIndependent Spirit AwardsBlack History MonthSXSWSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Intolerance

Original title: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
  • 19161916
  • PassedPassed
  • 3h 17m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
16K
YOUR RATING
Intolerance (1916)
Trailer for Intolerance
Play trailer0:42
1 Video
87 Photos
DramaHistory
The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
16K
YOUR RATING
    • D.W. Griffith
  • Writers
    • Hettie Grey Baker(titles)
    • Tod Browning(uncredited)
    • D.W. Griffith(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Lillian Gish
    • Robert Harron
    • Mae Marsh
    • D.W. Griffith
  • Writers
    • Hettie Grey Baker(titles)
    • Tod Browning(uncredited)
    • D.W. Griffith(scenario)
  • Stars
    • Lillian Gish
    • Robert Harron
    • Mae Marsh
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 128User reviews
    • 60Critic reviews
    • 99Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards

    Videos1

    Intolerance
    Trailer 0:42
    Watch Intolerance

    Photos87

    Lillian Gish, INTOLERANCE, Wark Producing Corp., 1916, **I.V.
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Intolerance (1916)
    Eugene Pallette and Margery Wilson in Intolerance (1916)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle…
    Robert Harron
    Robert Harron
    • The Boy
    Mae Marsh
    Mae Marsh
    • The Dear One
    F.A. Turner
    F.A. Turner
    • The Dear One's Father
    • (as Fred Turner)
    Sam De Grasse
    Sam De Grasse
    • Arthur Jenkins
    Vera Lewis
    Vera Lewis
    • Mary Jenkins
    Mary Alden
    Mary Alden
    • Uplifter
    Eleanor Washington
    • Uplifter
    Pearl Elmore
    • Uplifter
    Lucille Browne
    • Uplifter
    Julia Mackley
    Julia Mackley
    • Uplifter
    • (as Mrs. Arthur Mackley)
    Miriam Cooper
    Miriam Cooper
    • The Friendless One
    Walter Long
    Walter Long
    • The Musketeer of the Slums…
    Tom Wilson
    Tom Wilson
    • The Kindly Policeman
    Ralph Lewis
    Ralph Lewis
    • The Governor
    Lloyd Ingraham
    Lloyd Ingraham
    • Judge of the Court
    A.W. McClure
    • Father Fathley
    John P. McCarthy
    • Prison Guard
    • (as J.P. McCarthy)
      • D.W. Griffith
    • Writers
      • Hettie Grey Baker(titles) (uncredited)
      • Tod Browning(uncredited)
      • D.W. Griffith(scenario) (titles)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    The Birth of a Nation
    6.2
    The Birth of a Nation
    Broken Blossoms
    7.2
    Broken Blossoms
    Way Down East
    7.4
    Way Down East
    Greed
    8.1
    Greed
    Orphans of the Storm
    7.3
    Orphans of the Storm
    Cabiria
    7.1
    Cabiria
    Les vampires
    7.3
    Les vampires
    Sunrise
    8.1
    Sunrise
    The Great Train Robbery
    7.3
    The Great Train Robbery
    Battleship Potemkin
    7.9
    Battleship Potemkin
    The Last Laugh
    8.0
    The Last Laugh
    The Phantom Carriage
    8.0
    The Phantom Carriage

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      During filming of the battle sequences, many of the extras got so into their characters that they caused real injury to one another. At the end of one shooting day, a total of 60 injuries were treated at the production's hospital tent.
    • Goofs
      One of the early title cards in the Judean sequence refers to Jesus having been from "the carpenter shop in Bethlehem". Though he was born in Bethlehem, he worked with his father in a carpenter shop in Nazareth, which is why he was known as Jesus of Nazareth.
    • Quotes

      Intertitle: When women cease to attract men, they often turn to reform as a second option.

    • Crazy credits
      Constance Talmadge is credited as 'Georgia Pearce' for her performance as Marguerite de Valois in the French Story. She is credited under her own name in the role of The Mountain Girl in the Babylonian Story.
    • Alternate versions
      The movie was officially restored in 1989 by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill for Thames Television. It was transferred from the best available 35mm materials, color-tinted per D.W. Griffith's intent, and contains a digitally recorded orchestral score by Carl Davis. This 176-minute version was released on video worldwide, but has never been telecast in the U.S.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Fall of Babylon (1919)

    User reviews128

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    Possibly the Greatest Film of All Time
    This mammoth production and DW Griffith's 1916 masterpiece was his followup to The Birth of a Nation. Intolerance blends 4 stories of historical intolerance as a warning against the current-day evils of war. The French and Judean stories are OK. The Babylonian and Modern stories are spectacular. Where Griffith experimented with closeups and intercutting stories in Birth of a Nation, these techniques are mastered in Intolerance. Griffith also continues his incredible eye for composition and scenery and costumes in this epic film.

    The sets and costumes for the Babylonian story are among the best in film history. And the battle scenes equal anything in Birth of a Nation. Griffith's Babylonian set is so huge it allows for horse-drawn chariots to ride side by side on the road at the top of the towering walls. The camera shot that shows the chariots and the battle many stories below is astounding. There is also the famous camera shot that slowly moves closer and closer the the city steps and gates where hundreds of dancers perform a pagan production number. Just amazing.

    The emotional oomph of this film comes from the modern story where a young couple living in a tenement apartment almost gets destroyed by society do-gooders. The intercutting of scenes here is masterful as the rescuers race to save the hero who is about to be hanged. Melodrama to be sure, but in a form never seen before 1916.

    And as usual Griffith assembles a terrific cast and elicits great performances from many of them.

    Constance Talmadge plays the cinema's first feminist heroine as the Mountain Girl in the Babylonian story. She's wonderful as the saucy girl who eats onions while on the block to be sold as a slave. As the men come near to examine her (she's dressed in a pelt) she shakes her onions at them and kicks at them. Hilarious. The story is complicated but she overhears a plot to attack the city and the ruler (who set her free) she adores. Great scenes of Talmadge racing a chariot through the desert. Great battle scenes that are unforgettable. Great orgy scenes. This is just a wonderful story that is so eye-filling, you have to watch it several times to take everything in.

    The modern story boasts a perfect performance by Mae Marsh as the "Dear One." Robert Harron is the husband, and Miriam Cooper (very underrated) is the "bad girl." One of the most harrowing scenes I can remember is when the "do-gooders" (headed by Vera Lewis) come to take Marsh's baby after Harron is falsely arrest for murder. Marsh is so realistic in this frenzied scene that your heart just stops. Harron is also excellent as the hapless boy who gets framed for murder. The editing of this arc of the film sets the standard for decades to come.

    Intolerance must be seen by any serious film buff. It's a long film but is unforgettable. The cast list is impressive and includes the above-mentioned Constance Talmadge, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Miriam Cooper, Lillian Gish, Vera Lewis, Ralph Lewis, Douglas Fairbanks, Bessie Love, Wallace Reid, Elmo Lincoln, Elmer Clifton, Mary Alden, Constance Collier, Carmel Myers, Erich von Stroheim, Donald Crisp, Carol Dempster, Marguerite Marsh, Tully Marshall, Natalie Talmadge, Alma Rubens, Seena Owen, Margery Wilson, Eugene Palette, Ethel Grey Terry, Owen Moore, Alfred Paget, Joseph Henabery, Josephine Crowell, Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn, Mildred Harris, Walter Long, Sam De Grasse, Monte Blue, Kate Bruce, Nigel De Brulier, Pauline Starke, Lillian Langdon, and future directors King Vidor, Frank Borzage, and Tod Browning!
    helpful•91
    30
    • drednm
    • Nov 2, 2005

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • June 15, 1917 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
    • Filming locations
      • Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • D.W. Griffith Productions
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Box office

    Edit
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • 3 hours 17 minutes
      • Silent

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Intolerance (1916)
    Top Gap
    By what name was Intolerance (1916) officially released in Canada in French?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.