Intolerance

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American film epic film feature film silent film

Intolerance is a 1916 American silent epic film by D. W. Griffith that interweaves four parallel stories from different historical periods to explore the destructive effects of prejudice and persecution.

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Label	Occurrences
Intolerance canonical	26

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ epic film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ
artDirectionBy	Walter L. Hall ⓘ
cinematographyBy	G. W. Bitzer ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	D. W. Griffith ⓘ
distributor	Triangle Distributing ⓘ
filmTechnique	silent ⓘ
format	black-and-white ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ epic ⓘ historical film ⓘ
hasPart	The Babylonian Story ⓘ The French Renaissance Story ⓘ The Judean Story ⓘ The Modern Story ⓘ
includedIn	National Film Registry ⓘ
inspiredBy	public and critical reaction to The Birth of a Nation ⓘ
mainTheme	intolerance ⓘ persecution ⓘ prejudice ⓘ
musicBy	Joseph Carl Breil ⓘ
narrativeStructure	parallel intercutting of four stories ⓘ
notableFor	innovative cross-cutting between multiple storylines ⓘ large-scale Babylonian sets ⓘ
originalLanguage	Silent film with English intertitles ⓘ
premiereLocation	New York City ⓘ
producer	D. W. Griffith ⓘ
productionCompany	Triangle Film Corporation ⓘ
recognizedAs	landmark of early cinema ⓘ
releaseDate	September 5, 1916 ⓘ
releaseYear	1916 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	197 ⓘ
setting	16th-century France ⓘ Judea at the time of Jesus ⓘ Babylon ⓘ surface form: ancient Babylon contemporary America (early 20th century) ⓘ
stars	Constance Talmadge ⓘ Lillian Gish ⓘ Mae Marsh ⓘ Miriam Cooper ⓘ Robert Harron ⓘ Walter Long ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted	16th century ⓘ 1st-century Judea ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: ancient Mesopotamia early 20th century ⓘ

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D. W. Griffith → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Sam De Grasse → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Vera Lewis → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Mae Marsh → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Tully Marshall → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Tully Marshall → performedIn → Intolerance ⓘ

Lillian Gish → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Vatican list of important films → hasFilm → Intolerance ⓘ

G. W. Bitzer → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Miriam Cooper → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Miriam Cooper → workedOn → Intolerance ⓘ

Miriam Cooper → hasNotableRoleIn → Intolerance ⓘ

Josephine Crowell → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Billy Bitzer → knownForFilm → Intolerance ⓘ

Triangle Distributing → distributesProduct → Intolerance ⓘ

Triangle Distributing → hasBrandInPortfolio → Intolerance ⓘ

The Modern Story → partOf → Intolerance ⓘ

The French Renaissance Story → partOf → Intolerance ⓘ

The Babylonian Story → partOf → Intolerance ⓘ

Constance Talmadge → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

W. Chrystie Miller → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Wilfred Lucas → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Robert Harron → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

George Beranger → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Claire McDowell → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ

Bessie Love → notableWork → Intolerance ⓘ