Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

Byron: Ballad for a Daemon

1992 · 138 min · ★ 4.6 · Drama

Poet Lord Byron decides to fight with the Greek revolutionaries in Missolonghi against the Turks but instead the glorious battle wrestles with fever and his own demons.

Directed by Nikos Koundouros · Written by Nikos Koundouros

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