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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.
Intolerance: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner. The story of a poor young woman separated by prejudice from her husband and baby is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
Dec 22, 2015 · Intolerance is a 1916 epic silent film directed by D. W. Griffith and considered one of the great masterpieces of the Silent Era. The three-and-a-half hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines...
Director D.W. Griffith's expensive, most ambitious silent film masterpiece Intolerance (1916) is one of the milestones and landmarks in cinematic history. Many reviewers and film historians consider it the greatest film of the silent era.
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...
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.
Four tales from director D.W. Griffith show how intolerance and hatred have affected mankind through the ages. In the first tale a young girl, the Dear One and her father are forced to move to the city after he loses his job at a local mill.
