Intolerance

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Intolerance

1916 · Movie · 197 min

Scores

  • IMDb7.6/10as of 2026-03-11
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer98%as of 2025-01-19
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.1/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic99/100as of 2024-12-06

What it is

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

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Genres
Drama
Original language
English

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