Intolerance
1916 · Movie · NR · 197 min · ★ 7.1 · 98% critics
A poor young woman is separated from her husband and baby by prejudice, while multiple historical tales unfold around the same theme. These interwoven stories show how intolerance can fracture love and community across different eras and settings.
Also known as Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages - A Sun-Play of the Ages · Intolerance: A Sun Play of the Ages
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Details
- Original title
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
- Years
- 1916
- Release date
- 1916-09-04
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 197 min
- Critic score
- 98/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (376 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Intolerance if you like sweeping, story-spanning moral dramas with grand spectacle and emotional stakes; Not for you if you want a tight, simple plot, prefer fast pacing, or can’t handle long silent epics like The Birth of a Nation.
Pros: monumental historical scope; memorable set pieces; clear moral focus | Cons: very long runtime; can feel confusing; some find it dull
Themes
- naivety
- mill
- marriage
- intolerance
- wedding
- massacre
- protestant
- silent film
- multiple storylines
- reformer
- saved from hanging
- babylon
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Lillian Gish
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Mae Marsh
as The Dear One (Modern Story)
Robert Harron
as The Boy (Modern Story)
F.A. Turner
as The Girl's Father (Modern Story)
Sam De Grasse
as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
Vera Lewis
as Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
Lillian Langdon
as Mary, the Mother (Judean Story)
Olga Grey
as Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
- ER
Erich von Ritzau
as First Pharisee (Judean Story)
Bessie Love
as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
Directed by D.W. Griffith