---
title: 'Intolerance (1916)'
type: 'film'
director: 'D. W. Griffith'
released: '1916-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 197
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/intolerance-1916'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006864/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Intolerance (1916)

1916 · 197 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Intolerance is a 1916 American anthology silent film directed by D. W. Griffith. Subtitled as Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages and A Sun-Play of the Ages, the three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Biblical story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning), [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith), [Anita Loos](https://cinepixo.com/people/anita-loos), [Frank E. Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-e-woods)
- **Director:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Producer:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith)
- **Editor:** [D. W. Griffith](https://cinepixo.com/people/d-w-griffith), [James Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-smith-2), [Rose Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/rose-smith)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Joseph Carl Breil](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-carl-breil)
- **Director of Photography:** [Karl Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-brown), [Billy Bitzer](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bitzer)

## Cast

- [W. E. Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-e-lawrence)
- [Fiammetta Baralla](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiammetta-baralla)
- [George Siegmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-siegmann)
- [Owen Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/owen-moore)
- [King Vidor](https://cinepixo.com/people/king-vidor)
- [George Fawcett](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-fawcett)
- [Billy Quirk](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-quirk)
- [Wallace Reid](https://cinepixo.com/people/wallace-reid)
- [Mary Alden](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-alden)
- [Noble Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noble-johnson)
- [Nigel De Brulier](https://cinepixo.com/people/nigel-de-brulier)
- [Constance Collier](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-collier)
- [Tod Browning](https://cinepixo.com/people/tod-browning)
- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Douglas Fairbanks](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-fairbanks)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/intolerance-1916
Film facts: Wikidata (Q192206); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.