The Agony of the Byzantine

Director: Louis Feuillade
France, 1913, 30', HDD, b&w, silent film

An unusual period-piece from legendary French director Louis Feuillade, set near the end of the Byzantine Empire, The Agony of the Byzantine chronicles the assault on (and the subsequent fall of) the city of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks.

Justinian's Human Torches

Justinian's Human Torches

The Agony of the Byzantine

The Agony of the Byzantine

Andrei Rublev

Andrei Rublev

Byzantine Blue

Byzantine Blue

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