Vera Sotnikova

Eternity is an organization and a place which exists outside of time. It is staffed by humans called "Eternals" capable of traveling and entering the conventional temporal world at almost any point of their choice, apart from the far future which they cannot enter. Andrew Harlan, an expert in executing Reality Changes, realizes that he is part of a paradoxical scheme to secure the creation of Eternity by sending a young Eternal back in time with the mathematical knowledge to make it possible.

In the early months of 1824 George Gordon Byron enters Missolonghi with his escort, captivated by the romantic ideals of the Greek revolution and the attraction of death. What he finds is the reality of hardship and degradation. A humbled, ugly Greece without its light. He is made a general in the Greek army yet around him there are but a few Greek irregulars and foreign mercenaries whom he pays himself. (mubi.com)

The action of the movie is set in the late 11th century Constantinople during the time of the 1st Crusade. The crusaders need the help of the emperor Alexius to get to Jerusalem while the latter tries to do his best to get rid of the unwelcome guests. At the same time Caesar Nicephorus plays his own game and betrays his royal fiancée Anna Comnena while trying to win the heart of the beautiful countess Brigitta.