![]() ![]() ![]() The story is about a tom-boy who grows to adore the Prince, Belshazzar, and vows to fight for him against the invading Persian army under Cyrus the Great. However, surprisingly, the story is NOT based on the fall from the Bible (as you might expect from 1919) but from historical records and a bit of fiction. This story only concerns the final days of the Neo-Babylonian empire. Considering "Intolerance" cost an astronomical sum and had sets that are insanely huge and impressive, clearly the director was trying to squeeze more out of the existing sets. However, I think it uses some new material (or material filmed by not included in this epic) as well as many scenes from the previous film. IMDB says that this story was edited from D.
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