Intolerance

Intolerance is a 1916 American silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and is considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. The three-and-a-half hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines each separated by several centuries: (1) A contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; (2) a Judean story: Christ’s mission and death; (3) a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and (4) a Babylonian ... More
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  • 1916

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Runtime:

  • 2 h 43 min

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Also known as:

  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages,
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages,
  • Intolerance

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Directed by

D. W. Griffith

David Llewelyn Wark "D. W." Griffith (January 22, 1875 – July 23, 1948) was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the epic 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance (1916). Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use...

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  • A Sun-Play of the Ages.
  • The Unholy Love.
  • D.W. Griffith's Colossal Spectacle.

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Film release region Release Date Film release distribution medium
  • 1916
  • Dec 10, 2002
  • Sep 5, 1916
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Runtime:

Runtime Note
  • 2 h 43 min
  • 2 h 3 min
  • Spain
  • 2 h 58 min
  • UK: 2000 video release
  • 3 h 17 min
  • USA
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  • 2,000,000

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  • 49
  • 2007
  • 1989
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