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.
Living with her father and stepmother in Naples, Anna is very unhappy as her stepmother hinders her attempts to live her own life. While her parents are away, she goes out with Carlo, but finds herself locked out when she comes home. This angers Carlo and he asks Anna to go away with him to Rome, where he plans to liquidate his business assets in order to have money for marriage. He quarrels with his partner and is implicated when his partner is found murdered. Although innocent, he is convicted and given a long sentence. Anna has a child and, finding it impossible to support her child , returns to Naples. The stepmother's conditions are that before she will agree to house the child, Anna must commit herself to a reformatory for unmarried mothers.
雷达(尼古拉斯·卡萨雷 Nicolas Cazalé 饰)的父亲(Mohamed Majd 饰)是一位非常虔诚的穆斯林,当他觉得自己大限将到命不久矣之时,决定完成身为一名穆斯林的毕生梦想——前往圣地麦加朝圣。本来父亲的打算是让雷达的哥哥开车载他去麦加,可不巧的是,他的大儿子因为一场交通意外而被吊销了驾驶执照无法上路行驶。无奈之下,父亲只得找到小儿子雷达,命令他成为司机。 只有20岁的雷达即将面临学校的会考,与此同时,他还有一个正在热恋的如花似玉的女朋友。面对父亲强势的命令,雷达虽然心里百般的不情愿,却也只能顺从。一路上,父子两人之间爆发了无数次战争。