Byzance

1964 0h 11m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 14

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

André Reybaz
Narrator

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maurice Pialat
Writers: Stefan Zweig
Languages: French
Countries: France

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RUNTIME

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Tight 11-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Turkish Chronicles" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maurice Pialat, shot by Willy Kurant. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0325139 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Maurice Pialat directs. Willy Kurant behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France. Dialogue in French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 11-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
262 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Turkish Chronicles" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Maurice Pialat, shot by Willy Kurant. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6IMDB entry: tt0325139 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.