Byzance (1964)

01/01/1964 (FR) • Documentary • 11m

Overview

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.

Byzance (1964)

01/01/1964 (FR) • 11m

Documentary

Overview

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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Part of the Turkish Chronicles

Includes Bosphore, Byzance, Golden Horn

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Status

Released

Original Language

French

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

turkey

cities

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