Intolerance
Intolerance is a 1916 American anthology silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitled as Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages and A Sun-Play of the Ages, the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Biblical story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle.
Cast
- Alfred Paget
- Bessie Love
- Billy Quirk
- Carl Stockdale
- Carmel Myers
- Carol Dempster
- Colleen Moore
- Constance Collier
- Constance Talmadge
- Dark Cloud
- David Butler
- Donald Crisp
- Douglas Fairbanks
- Elmer Clifton
- Elmo Lincoln
- Erich von Stroheim
- Eugene Pallette
- Fiammetta Baralla
- Francis McDonald
- Frank Bennett
- Frank Brownlee
- Frederick A. Turner
- George Fawcett
- George Siegmann
- George Walsh
- Harold Lockwood
- Jewel Carmen
- John P. McCarthy
- Joseph Henabery
- Josephine Crowell
- Julia Mackley
- King Vidor
- Lillian Gish
- Lloyd Ingraham
- Mae Marsh
- Margery Wilson
- Mary Alden
- Max Davidson
- Mildred Harris
- Miriam Cooper
- Monte Blue
- Natalie Talmadge
- Nigel De Brulier
- Noble Johnson
- Owen Moore
- Pauline Starke
- Ralph Lewis
- Robert Harron
- Russell Hicks
- Ruth Handforth
- Ruth St. Denis
- Sam De Grasse
- Seena Owen
- Spottiswoode Aitken
- Tod Browning
- Tom Wilson
- Tully Marshall
- Vera Lewis
- W. E. Lawrence
- W. S. Van Dyke
- Wallace Reid
- Walter Long
More details
author | Anita Loos D. W. Griffith Frank E. Woods Tod Browning |
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contentLocation | Paris |
director | D. W. Griffith |
editor | James Smith |
events | intolerance |
genre | crime drama |
musicBy | Joseph Carl Breil |
producer | D. W. Griffith |
publisher | Triangle Film Corporation |
theme | avant-garde and experimental epic labor relations melodrama silent |