Byzance (1964) — documentary film. Directed by Maurice Pialat. Starring André Reybaz.
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A historical documentary chronicling the fall and plunder of Byzantium in 1453 through narration, archival visuals, and Zweig's historical analysis.
Documentary · 6.5/10 · 11 min · 1964
Byzance uses a text by Stefan Zweig to describe the Ottoman conquest of the city in 1453. Before he turned to feature filmmaking in 1968 with Naked Childhood, Pialat worked on a series of short films, many of them financed by French television. Byzance is one of Pialat’s six Turkish shorts.
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