Feeling the need to outdo himself after Birth Of A Nation and to answer the charges of bigotry levelled at him by opponents of the film, D.W. Griffith took a modern story of industrial and social exploitation he had begun in 1914 and used it as the basis for the four-part structure of Intolerance. To increase the scope of his theme and the scale of his action, he added three additional stories - the fall of Babylon, the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, and the crucifixion of Jesus - to his modern story, freely intercutting among them for purposes of comparison and emphasis.

Our 16mm print is taken from an original 35mm nitrate tinted print with beautiful, subtle colors.