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L'agonie de Byzance (1913)

L'agonie de Byzance poster
Original title
L'Agonie de Byzance
Directed by
Louis Feuillade
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
France
Runtime
29 min
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent French film depicts the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. It follows the siege and the final days of the Byzantine capital through large battle scenes with many extras.

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What happens

L'Agonie de Byzance est un film muet français réalisé par Louis Feuillade et sorti en 1913 retraçant la prise de Constantinople par les Ottomans en 1453. C'est un film historique particulièrement ambitieux pour l'époque, qui utilise notamment un grand nombre de figurants dans les scènes de combat. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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