BYZANCE
Maurice Pialat
Commento: Stephan Zweig; F.: Willy Kurant; Voce: André Reybaz; Prod.: Como-Films 35mm. D.: 11’.
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T. it.: Italian title. T. int.: International title. T. alt.: Alternative title. Sog.: Story. Scen.: Screenplay. F.: Cinematography. M.: Editing. Scgf.: Set Design. Mus.: Music. Int.: Cast. Prod.: Production Company. L.: Length. D.: Running Time. f/s: Frames per second. Bn.: Black e White. Col.: Color. Da: Print source
Film Notes
Not about the glories of Byzantium but about the fall of the city and its sacking at the hands of the sultan (1451-1453). This loss and the passage from a Greek and Latin Orient to a Muslim one (Saint Sophia’s cathedral transformed into a mosque) is told through slow tracking shots of the citadel’s ruins and its ramparts.
Charles Tesson, Catalogue Festival de La Rochelle