Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) (original) (raw)

Four separate stories are interwoven: the fall of Babylon, the death of Christ, the massacre of the Huguenots, and a contemporary drama, all crosscut and building with enormous energy to a thrilling chase and finale. Through the juxtaposition of these well known sagas, Griffith joyously makes clear his markedly deterministic view of history, namely that the suffering of the innocents makes possible the salvation of the current generation, symbolized by the boy in the modern love story.

Four separate stories are interwoven: the fall of Babylon, the death of Christ, the massacre of the Huguenots, and a contemporary drama, all crosscut and building with enormous energy to a thrilling chase and finale. Through the juxtaposition of these well known sagas, Griffith joyously makes clear his markedly deterministic view of history, namely that the suffering of the innocents makes possible the salvation of the current generation, symbolized by the boy in the modern love story. (less)

Director: D.W. Griffith
Writers: D.W. Griffith, Tod Browning, Frank E. Woods
Starring: Lillian Gish, Miriam Cooper, Bessie Love, Mae Marsh, Eugene Pallette, Robert Harron
Producer: D.W. Griffith

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