Intolerance
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
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Director:
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D.W. Griffith
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Production:
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Triangle Film Corporation
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Year:
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1916
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Running time:
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163'
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Cast:
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F.A. Turner,
Mae Marsh,
Robert Harron,
Sam De Grasse
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Genre:
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History,
Drama
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Plot synopsis:
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Intolerance and its terri...
Intolerance and its terrible effects are examined in four historical eras. In ancient Babylon, a mountain girl is caught up in the religious rivalry that leads to the city's downfall. In Judea, the hypocritical Pharisees condemn Jesus Christ. In 1572 Paris, unaware of the impending St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, two young Huguenots prepare for marriage. Finally, in modern America, social reformers destroy the lives of a young woman and her beloved. 
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Nation:
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UNITED STATES
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Cinematography:
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G.W. Bitzer
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Film editor:
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D.W. Griffith
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Screenplay:
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D.W. Griffith
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Play4film's point of view:
This is the most immense and personal film by the father of Cinema, David Wark Griffith. It is a kaleidoscope of images and eras, giant sets, and torrents of extras.
Unimaginable for the year in which it came out (1916), “Intolerance” is a pure show of strength. The title refers to the sentiment which links the stories told in the four eras: ‘The Mother and the Law’, ‘The Passion of Christ’, ‘The Night of St. Bartholemew’ and ‘The Fall of Babylon’. It has been reshaped many times, even by Wark Griffith in1926 and 1933, but originally came out in the USA on the eve of the First World War. Loved or hated, in any case it is an extreme example of what Cinema can do.
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