INTOLERANCE (Masters of Cinema)

After shaking the world with his hugely controversial epic The Birth of a Nation, pioneer filmmaker D. W. Griffith spared no expense in putting together his next project, Intolerance (Love s struggle throughout the ages): a powerful examination of intolerance as it has persisted throughout civilisation, set across four parallel storylines that span 2500 years. There is the Babylonian story, depicting nothing less than the fall of Babylon; the Judean story, which revolves around the crucifixion of Christ; the French story, which presents the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre in all its horror; and a modern American story of class struggle, crime, and the plight of life in the early 20th century set within urban slums and the prison system. Starring such luminaries as Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge, and Miriam Cooper, who share screentime with an enormous main cast and some 3,000 extras, Griffith's film the most expensive motion picture ever produced at the time went on to become a critical success whose influence has only grown in the decades since.

Special Features

Documentaries: 'Three Hours That Shook the World: Observations on 'Intolerance'' (2013), New high-definition 1080p presentation of the acclaimed Brownlow and Gill 'Thames Silents' restoration of the film; Orchestral score by the esteemed composer Carl Davis in both stereo and 5.1 soundtracks; Two feature-length films by D.W. Griffith that act as companion pieces to 'Intolerance' and take their material from the main film: 'The Fall of Babylon' and 'The Mother and the Law', accompanied by new scores by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Actors: Elmer Clifton, Mae Marsh, Robert Harron, Bessie Love, Eugene Pallette, Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge, Elmo Lincoln, Seena Owen, Alfred Paget

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 168 minutes

Number of Discs: 2

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