Conquest 1453
★ 6.1 · 2012 · 160m · Adventure · Drama · Action · War
After the death of his father Murat II, young Mehmet II ascends to the Ottoman throne. After braving internal and external enemies, he decides to complete what he was destined to do: Conquer Constantinople.
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