Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

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American film black-and-white film epic film feature film silent film

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages is a landmark 1916 silent epic film by D. W. Griffith that intercuts four parallel stories from different historical periods to explore the destructive consequences of intolerance.

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Label	Occurrences
"Intolerance"	2
Intolerance (1916 film)	2
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages canonical	2
Intolerance: Love’s Struggle Throughout the Ages	2
Babylonian episode of Intolerance (1916 film)	1
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages	1
The Boy (Intolerance)	1

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Target entity: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Context triple: [The Judean Story, featuredIn, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages]

A. Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film that confronts antisemitism in postwar America, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Celeste Holm.
B. Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory is a 1957 anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, renowned for its powerful critique of military injustice and its acclaimed performance by Kirk Douglas.
C. Decalogue
The Decalogue, commonly known as the Ten Commandments, is a foundational set of moral and religious laws in the Hebrew Bible that has profoundly influenced Jewish, Christian, and broader Western ethical traditions.
D. On the Twentieth Century
On the Twentieth Century is a Tony-winning Broadway musical comedy by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green that satirizes show business and romance aboard a luxury train in the 1920s.
E. The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a 1905 white supremacist novel by Thomas Dixon Jr. that glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and provided the basis for D. W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Target entity description: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages is a landmark 1916 silent epic film by D. W. Griffith that intercuts four parallel stories from different historical periods to explore the destructive consequences of intolerance.

A. Gentleman's Agreement
Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film that confronts antisemitism in postwar America, directed by Elia Kazan and starring Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Celeste Holm.
B. Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory is a 1957 anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick, renowned for its powerful critique of military injustice and its acclaimed performance by Kirk Douglas.
C. Decalogue
The Decalogue, commonly known as the Ten Commandments, is a foundational set of moral and religious laws in the Hebrew Bible that has profoundly influenced Jewish, Christian, and broader Western ethical traditions.
D. On the Twentieth Century
On the Twentieth Century is a Tony-winning Broadway musical comedy by Cy Coleman, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green that satirizes show business and romance aboard a luxury train in the 1920s.
E. The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
The Clansman: A Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan is a 1905 white supremacist novel by Thomas Dixon Jr. that glorifies the Ku Klux Klan and provided the basis for D. W. Griffith’s film The Birth of a Nation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film ⓘ black-and-white film ⓘ epic film ⓘ feature film ⓘ silent film ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Intolerance ⓘ Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages ⓘ linked to: Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
budget	approximately $385,000 to $500,000 ⓘ
centralTheme	class conflict ⓘ intolerance ⓘ religious persecution ⓘ social injustice ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
director	D. W. Griffith ⓘ
distributor	Triangle Distributing ⓘ
featuresCharacter	The Eternal Mother (played by Lillian Gish) ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ epic ⓘ historical film ⓘ silent drama ⓘ
influenced	Soviet montage filmmakers ⓘ linked to: Soviet montage school later epic and parallel-narrative films ⓘ
narrativeStructure	four parallel intercut stories ⓘ
notableFor	influence on film editing techniques ⓘ innovative cross-cutting between multiple storylines ⓘ large-scale Babylonian sets ⓘ
originalLanguage	Silent film (English intertitles) ⓘ
premiereLocation	New York City ⓘ
producer	D. W. Griffith ⓘ
productionCompany	Triangle Film Corporation ⓘ
recognizedBy	United States National Film Registry ⓘ linked to: National Film Registry
registrySelectionYear	1989 ⓘ
releaseDate	1916-09-05 ⓘ
releaseYear	1916 ⓘ
runtime	approximately 163 minutes (general release version) ⓘ approximately 197 minutes (roadshow version) ⓘ
setInPeriod	1572 France (St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre) ⓘ Judea at the time of Jesus ⓘ ancient Babylon ⓘ linked to: Babylon contemporary 1910s America ⓘ
stars	Constance Talmadge ⓘ Howard Gaye ⓘ Lillian Gish ⓘ Mae Marsh ⓘ Miriam Cooper ⓘ Robert Harron ⓘ
status	culturally significant film ⓘ
writer	Anita Loos ⓘ D. W. Griffith ⓘ H. G. Wells (uncredited source influence) ⓘ

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