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The Bronze Bust
9.0

The Bronze Bust

On the anniversary of the death of Commissioner Ibrahim Kovaçi, six of his war friends are accompanying his statue to his native village, where a ceremony will be held. During the road, each of them remembers moments related to the life of Ibrahim.

Tana
9.0

Tana

The movie is based on a Fatmir Gjata screenplay. Gjata had written a novel with the same title earlier. The events evolve in the 1950s. The main character, Tana, is a smart, outgoing and progressive young woman. She is in love with Stefan (Naim Frashëri) and they both live in an unnamed mountain village in Albania. Tana has to face the old mentality of her old grandfather and she also has to fight the jealousy of Lefter . It is a love game, while socialist progress is highlighted as is often in the socialist realism.

Tomka and His Friends
7.8

Tomka and His Friends

Tomka is a boy who likes playing football with his friends. When the German army captures his town, the German soldiers establish their camp in the town stadium. Tomka with help from his friends and their parents organizes sabotage actions against the soldiers.

Broad Horizons
9.0

Broad Horizons

In 1968, Horizonte Te Hapura, directed by Viktor Gjika, one of the pioneers of Albanian moviemaking, broke new ground. Its subject matter was contemporary, rather than being a historical piece or an action drama set among the partisans of World War II. In the story, a dockworker sees that a crane, a crucial piece of shipyard equipment, is being endangered by a violent storm, and despite considerable danger to himself works to save it. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

At Our Home
4.5

At Our Home

After a disagreement with his teacher, a young boy runs away.

A State Film
0.0

A State Film

Through rare archive footage, the documentary traces the forty years of Enver Hoxha's communist regime in Albania, revealing cinema as a weapon of power.

The Happy Couple
8.7

The Happy Couple

A comedy about life during the 1970's. A father refuses to accept his son marrying a girl from a different religion, thus leading to several comical situations.

On the Track
6.5

On the Track

Film set after World War II. A group of kids notice a shady new resident in their neighborhood.

A Trip in Spring
7.0

A Trip in Spring

Valbona, a young singer, goes on a journey to find her ensemble friends who have gone on a tour throughout Albania.

General Gramophone
6.8

General Gramophone

Halit Berati, a virtuoso clarinet player, is invited by the Italians to record his music, which is to be sold along Italian records.

Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator
6.4

Benito Mussolini: Anatomy of a Dictator

The Girls with the Red Ribbons
7.5

The Girls with the Red Ribbons

Jeta is a student who is a member of the illegals and tries to create a group of antifascist girls in her school.

The Brave
7.0

The Brave

Ilir is a pampered and egoistic child. However, his outlook on life changes when he goes on a trip with a group of mountain climbers.

Besa: The Promise
10.0

Besa: The Promise

A documentary exploring how Albanians, including many Muslims, helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk, and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year return some Hebrew books that the family had to leave behind.

The Man with the Cannon
8.5

The Man with the Cannon

After Mato Gruda, a man living in a remote village in the mountains of Albania, steals a cannon abandoned by the German invaders he has to decide whether to use the weapon to support the Partisan resistance or to avenge his family.

Concert of 1936
7.0

Concert of 1936

In 1936, two female artists (a singer and a pianist) visit the city of Lushnja, which was very conservative.

They Were Four
7.0

They Were Four

Four partisans are tasked with delivering a song to the Congress of Përmet.

Special Task
9.0

Special Task

Tomori has managed to infiltrate a foreign agency and is trying to discover their secret documents, bases, and means of communication.

Valley of the Riflemen
8.0

Valley of the Riflemen

Met Sokoli is a young pioneer who fights against a band of saboteurs entering Albania.

Furtuna
4.3

Furtuna

Story depicting the national liberation struggle of the Albanian people against the Italian and German invaders during World War II.