" L'Agonie de Byzance - directed by Louis Feuillade" "On April 6, 1453, Mahomet's army encircled Byzantium." "From the height of the ramparts, the people of Byzantium fearfully saw the enormous army of the Muslims advance." "The Emperor Constantine, followed by his court, designated to each his post for combat, consoled the wives, and encouraged the men." "The next morning, the Turks began their attack." "On May 26, Mahomet II summoned his generals:" "Byzantium must be taken in three days." "In the name of Allah, the imans and the muezzins were going to promise Mahomet's paradise to the ones who would fall in battle." "Forsaken by the Christian world, the Byzantines followed their emperor to the basilica on the ramparts." "In Saint Sophia, Isidore, the Cardinal Legate of the Pope and an accomplished warrior, called for the protection of heaven." "But God was deaf ..." "While the fires of the Turkish camp burned red in the distance, the emperor ordered the last procession of the Virgin Protector." "Returning to the palace, Constantin asked for absolution for the faults of his court." "It was the hour when they abandoned themselves to final judgment." "The next morning, the general assault began." "At noon, Mahomet made a triumphant entry into the city." "The women were chosen to be sold under the steps of Islam." "By the orders of the Sultan, they searched for the body of Constantin." "And the head of the last emperor of Byzantium was taken before Mahomet II." "End" "The intertitles of "L'Agonie de Byzance" were added in 2007 by Gaumont with the aid of the original script saved in the BNF department of the Arts of the Spectacle." "This restoration has been done from a positive internegative Gaumont no longer has in its possession." "by Ektinar"