Directed by:
D.W. GriffithCinematography:
G.W. BitzerComposer:
Carl DavisCast:
Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Sam De Grasse, Vera Lewis, Mary Alden, Elmo Lincoln, Olga Grey, Erich von Stroheim, Eugene Pallette, Wallace Reid (more)Plots(1)
After shaking the world with his hugely controversial epic The Birth of a Nation, pioneer filmmaker D.W. Griffith spared no expense in putting together his next project, Intolerance (Love’s struggle throughout the ages): a powerful examination of intolerance as it has persisted throughout civilisation, set across four parallel storylines that span 2500 years. There is the Babylonian story, depicting nothing less than the fall of Babylon; the Judean story, which revolves around the crucifixion of Christ; the French story, which presents the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in all its horror; and a modern American story of class struggle, crime, and the plight of life in the early 20th century set within urban slums and the prison system. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Lillian Gish
USA
Best movies:
The Wind (1928)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Mae Marsh
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Robert Harron
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
True Heart Susie (1919)
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Sam De Grasse
Canada
Best movies:
Robin Hood (1922)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Vera Lewis
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Mary Alden
USA
Best movies:
Elmo Lincoln
USA
Best movies:
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Union Pacific (1939)
Olga Grey
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Erich von Stroheim
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Greed (1924)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Eugene Pallette
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Wallace Reid
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Joan the Woman (1916)
The Avenging Conscience (1914)
Tod Browning
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Dracula (1931)
King Vidor
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
Show People (1928)
Douglas Fairbanks
USA
Best movies:
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Robin Hood (1922)
Bessie Love
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Ragtime (1981)
The Magic Box (1951)
Donald Crisp
UK
Best movies:
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Colleen Moore
USA
Best movies:
Carmel Myers
USA
Best movies:
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Svengali (1931)
Constance Collier
UK
Best movies:
Rope (1948)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Stage Door (1937)
David Butler
USA
Best movies:
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
It's a Great Feeling (1949)