D. W. Griffith had a vision of the movies as the greatest spiritual force the world had ever known. Just one year after the
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huge success of Birth of a Nation, he was emboldened to prove his faith in the new medium with the superproduction Intolerance. Four separate stories are interwoven: the fall of Babylon, the death of Christ, the massacre of the Huguenots, and a contemporary (early 20th Century) drama - all crosscut and building with enormous energy to a thrilling chase and finale.
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