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

Drama, History • 2h 58m

Overview

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.

Director: D.W. Griffith

Cast: Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, F.A. Turner, Sam De Grasse, Vera Lewis, Lillian Langdon, Olga Grey, Erich von Ritzau, Bessie Love, Margery Wilson, Eugene Pallette, Spottiswoode Aitken, Ruth Handforth, Elmer Clifton, Seena Owen, Carl Stockdale, Mary Alden, Pearl Elmore, Julia Mackley, Miriam Cooper, Walter Long, Tom Wilson, Ralph Lewis, Lloyd Ingraham, John P. McCarthy, Monte Blue, Marguerite Marsh, Edward Dillon, Billy Quirk, Howard Gaye, William H. Brown, George Walsh, W.S. Van Dyke, Allan Sears, Frank Bennett, Maxfield Stanley, Josephine Crowell, Constance Talmadge, W.E. Lawrence, Joseph Henabery, Chandler House, Alfred Paget, Tully Marshall, Dore Davidson, Taylor N. Duncan, Owen Moore, Frank Borzage, Karl Brown, Frank Campeau, Constance Collier, Donald Crisp, Nigel De Brulier, Clarence Geldart, Dell Henderson, Russell Hicks, DeWolf Hopper Sr., Wilfred Lucas, Francis McDonald, Vester Pegg, Herbert Sutch, Herbert Beerbohm Tree, King Vidor, Hal Wilson, Tammany Young, Sylvia Ashton, Jennie Lee, George Beranger, Kitty Bradbury, Tod Browning, Frank Brownlee, Kate Bruce, Edward Burns, Noble Johnson, George Fawcett, Jewel Carmen, Carol Dempster, Mildred Harris, Daisy Jefferson, Carmel Myers, Eve Southern, Pauline Starke, Natalie Talmadge, Ethel Grey Terry, Francis Carpenter, Virginia Lee Corbin, Peggy Cartwright, Gino Corrado, William Courtright, Erich von Stroheim, Max Davidson, Douglas Fairbanks, Julia Faye, Clyde E. Hopkins, Alberta Lee, Elmo Lincoln, Loyola O'Connor, Wallace Reid, Alma Rubens, Madame Sul-Te-Wan, Ruth Darling, George Siegmann, Raymond Wells, Winifred Westover, David Butler, Grace Wilson, 'Baby' Carmen De Rue

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Format

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TSPDT

2026: #129
2025: #125
2024: #123
2023: #121
2022: #121

Length

178 mins

Type

Movie

Alternative Titles

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages - A Sun-Play of the Ages, Intolerance: A Sun Play of the Ages

Last Updated

9 months ago

Contributors

Best English-Friendly Release
Best Video Release

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Format
1080p Blu-ray
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TSPDT
2026: #129
2025: #125
2024: #123
2023: #121
2022: #121
Length
178 mins
Type
Movie
Alternative Titles
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages - A Sun-Play of the Ages, Intolerance: A Sun Play of the Ages
Last Updated
9 months ago
Contributors

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