"The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history."
Lillian Gish
as The Woman Who Rocks the Cradle
Mae Marsh
as The Dear One (Modern Story)
Robert Harron
as The Boy (Modern Story)
F.A. Turner
as The Girl's Father (Modern Story)
Sam De Grasse
as Arthur Jenkins (Modern Story)
Vera Lewis
as Mary T. Jenkins (Modern Story)
Lillian Langdon
as Mary, the Mother (Judean Story)
Olga Grey
as Mary Magdalene (Judean Story)
Erich von Ritzau
as First Pharisee (Judean Story)
Bessie Love
as The Bride of Cana (Judean Story)
Margery Wilson
as Brown Eyes (French Story)
Eugene Pallette
as Prosper Latour (French Story)
Spottiswoode Aitken
as Brown Eyes' Father (French Story)
Ruth Handforth
as Brown Eyes' Mother (French Story)
Elmer Clifton
as The Rhapsode (Babylonian Story)
Seena Owen
as Princess Beloved (Attarea) (Babylonian Story)
Carl Stockdale
as King Nabonidus (Babylonian Story)
Mary Alden
as Uplifter
Pearl Elmore
Julia Mackley
Miriam Cooper
as The Friendless One
Walter Long
as The Musketeer of the Slums / Babylonian Warrior
Tom Wilson
as The Kindly Policeman
Ralph Lewis
as The Governor
Lloyd Ingraham
as Judge of the Court
John P. McCarthy
as Prison Guard
Monte Blue
as The Strike Leader
Marguerite Marsh
as Debutante
Edward Dillon
as Crook
Billy Quirk
as Bartender
Howard Gaye
as Jesus Christ / Cardinal de Lorraine
William H. Brown
as Father of the Bride of Cana / Warden
George Walsh
as The Bridegroom of Cana
W.S. Van Dyke
as Cana Wedding Guest
Allan Sears
as The Mercenary
Frank Bennett
as Charles IX
Maxfield Stanley
as Henri III
Josephine Crowell
as Catherine de Médici
Constance Talmadge
as Marguerite de Navarre / The Mountain Girl
W.E. Lawrence
as Henri de Navarre
Joseph Henabery
as L'amiral de Coligny / Defendant
Chandler House
as Page
Alfred Paget
as Prince Belshazzar
Tully Marshall
as High Priest of Bel / Friend of the Musketeer
Dore Davidson
as The Friendly Neighbor
Taylor N. Duncan
as Captain of the Gateg / Bodyguard of the Princess Beloved
Owen Moore
as Extra (uncredited)
Frank Borzage
Karl Brown
Frank Campeau
Constance Collier
Donald Crisp
Nigel De Brulier
Clarence Geldart
Dell Henderson
Russell Hicks
DeWolf Hopper Sr.
Wilfred Lucas
Francis McDonald
Vester Pegg
Herbert Sutch
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
King Vidor
Hal Wilson
Tammany Young
Sylvia Ashton
as Woman at Jenkins Employees Dance (uncredited)
Jennie Lee
George Beranger
as Second Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Kitty Bradbury
as Jenkins Party Guest (uncredited)
Tod Browning
as Crook (uncredited)
Frank Brownlee
as The Mountain Girl's Brother (uncredited)
Kate Bruce
as Old Babylonian Mother / The City Mother (uncredited)
Edward Burns
as Charioteer of the Priest of Bel (uncredited)
Noble Johnson
as Babylonian Soldier (uncredited)
George Fawcett
as Babylonian Judge (uncredited)
Jewel Carmen
as Favorite of the Harem (uncredited)
Carol Dempster
Mildred Harris
Daisy Jefferson
Carmel Myers
Eve Southern
Pauline Starke
Natalie Talmadge
Ethel Grey Terry
Francis Carpenter
as Child in Epilogue (uncredited)
Virginia Lee Corbin
Peggy Cartwright
as Little Girl (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
as The Runner (uncredited)
William Courtright
as Second Pharisee (uncredited)
Erich von Stroheim
Max Davidson
as Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)
Douglas Fairbanks
as Man on White Horse (uncredited)
Julia Faye
as Bit Role (uncredited)
Clyde E. Hopkins
as Jenkins's Secretary (uncredited)
Alberta Lee
as Wife of The Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)
Elmo Lincoln
as The Mighty Man of Valor (uncredited)
Loyola O'Connor
as Attarea's Slave (uncredited)
Wallace Reid
as Boy Killed in Battle (uncredited)
Alma Rubens
as Girl at the Marriage Market (uncredited)
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Ruth Darling
as Girl at the Marriage Market
George Siegmann
as Cyrus (uncredited)
Raymond Wells
as Counselor to Charles IX (uncredited)
Winifred Westover
as The Favorite of Egibi (uncredited)
David Butler
Grace Wilson
as Dancer of Tammuz (uncredited)
'Baby' Carmen De Rue
as Little girl hidden by priest
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Anita Loos
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Scenario Writer
Director
Frank E. Woods
Editor
Shorty English
Carpenter
Costume Design
James Smith
Screenplay
Hettie Grey Baker
Title Graphics
Rose Smith
Clare West
Robert Anderson
Makeup Artist
Leo Nomis
Stunts
Ralph M. DeLacy
Property Master
Mary H. O'Connor
Allan Dwan
Grip
Frank Wortman
Set Designer
Production Supervisor
Production Design
Jack Conway
Second Assistant Director
Charles Eagle Eye
Victor Fleming
Sidney Franklin
Second Unit
Joe Aller
Assistant Editor
George Nichols Jr.
First Assistant Director
Gertrude Bambrick
Choreographer
Martin Aguerre
Construction Coordinator
Walter L. Hall
Art Direction
Halsted Sullivan
Assistant Property Master
R. Ellis Wales
Arthur Berthelet
Christy Cabanne
Mike Siebert
Assistant Production Manager
George W. Hill
Hal Sullivan
Special Effects
Louis Bitzer
First Assistant Camera
Technical Supervisor
Ruth St. Denis
Presenter
Walt Whitman
Poem
Camera Operator