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.

在《党同伐异》票房收入相对较低之后，D.W.格里菲斯在三年后重新拍摄了他的史诗电影，将该片中交织的两个故事分别作为独立的影片发行，并增加了一些新的镜头。其中第一个是《巴比伦亡国记》，讲述了巴比伦王子贝尔沙撒与波斯大流士之间的冲突。