Based on the novel by Karel Capek, the prominent Czech writer of the early 20th century who coined the word robot for his play R.U.R., the story revolves around a discovery of Krakatit - a powerful explosive - by Prokop, an experimental scientist who, following an accidental explosion in his lab, slips in and out of delirium. When he realises that, in a delirious period, he has given the formula for making Krakatit to one of his colleagues, he tries to find the man, who does not realize how dangerous a thing Krakatit is. In the process, he nearly gives his discovery away again to foreign interests, a group of anarchists, and even greater forces of darkness...
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.
江城柳家的大小姐柳诗涵因为柳家落败，而被迫嫁入冯家做妾，在冯家她遭遇了威严的婆婆，满腹心计的大少奶奶和人不人鬼不鬼的大少爷。不仅如此，她的同父异母的妹妹碧城也进了冯家做了丫鬟，更让她意想不到的是，在冯家她竟然还遇见了被她自己亲手抛弃的初恋情人冯佑堂，而冯佑堂原来竟是冯家流落在外的二少爷。 放下仇恨，其实比你自己想象的要简单，当你决定放下一切，跨出那一步的时候，你就会发现外面的世界海阔天空。碧城没有回到柳家，而是选择了去上海求学，佑堂到底还是追上了诗涵，但诗涵拒绝了他愧疚的爱情，佑堂并没有放弃，因为他知道，他依然深爱着诗涵，并非因为其他。终于，精诚所至金石为开，三年后，诗涵又向他展开了双臂。
