The Fall of Babylon

The Fall of Babylon

63 mins | Drama | July 21, 1919

After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.

The Fall of Babylon

63 mins | Drama | July 21, 1919

The Fall of Babylon
After the relatively low box office takings of 'Intolerance', D. W. Griffith would revisit his epic film three years later by releasing two of the film's interlocking stories as standalone features, with some new additional footage. The first of the two was 'The Fall of Babylon', which depicts the conflict between Prince Belshazzar of Babylon and Cyrus the Great of Persia.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers D.W. Griffith Productions
Original title The Fall of Babylon
Directors D.W. Griffith
Writers D.W. Griffith

Cast

Tully Marshall

as High Priest of Bel

Constance Talmadge

as The Mountain Girl

Alfred Paget

as Prince Belshazzar

Carl Stockdale

as Nabonidus, King of Babylonia

Seena Owen

as Attarea

Loyola O'Connor

as Attarea's Slave