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Face To Face (1979 Film)
''Face to Face'' (original title ''Ballë për Ballë'') is a 1979 in film, 1979 Albanian drama film directed by Kujtim Çashku and based on a novel by Albanian author Ismail Kadare. Plot A translator at the conference of communist parties witnessed the biggest break between the two communist parties. The dramatic events in the military conflict take place on a naval base in Albania, which the Soviets did not dare to adopt. Cast *Katerina Biga as Jelena Graçova *Rajmonda Bulku as Zana *Thimi Filipi as Xhemal Struga *Timo Flloko as Inxhinier Sergej *Arben Imami as Arben Struga *Bujar Lako as Mujo Bermema *Sulejman Pitarka as Shelenvi *Kadri Roshi as Belul Gjinomadhi *Mevlan Shanaj as Besniku *Agim Shuke as Komisari i flotës *Stavri Shkurti as Shefi i arkeologjisë *Ilir Bozo as Ushtari rus i plagosur në nëndetë *Lola Gjoka IMDB, Retrie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kujtim Çashku
Kujtim Çashku (born 5 August 1950) is an Albanian film director and screenwriter who has won numerous awards at international film festivals, including the Critics Prize at the 1996 Bastia Mediterranean Film Festival and the UNESCO Award at the 1998 Venice Film Festival for ''Colonel Bunker'', the Best Screenplay Award, the FIRESCI Prize and the Silver Pyramid at the 2005 Cairo International Film Festival as well as the Bronze Palm at the Valencia Festival of Mediterranean Cinema for ''The Magic Eye'', and the CEI Award at the Trieste Film Festival for his "brave commitment to the development of Albanian cinema". He is the founder and director of Tirana's Marubi Film & Multimedia School, the first film university in Albania, as well as the supervisor of OraFilm, Albania's first film production company, and founder-organizer of Albania's first Human Rights Film Festival (IHRFFA). Career as filmmaker and educator A native of Tirana, Kujtim Çashku studied at the city's Higher In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arben Imami
Arben Fahri Imami (born 21 January 1958) is an Albanian politician and former actor. He served as the minister of defense between 2009 and 2013. Biography Imami was born in Tirana, and attended the High Institute of Arts of Tirana between 1977 and 1981. Later he was a professor at the Academy of Arts of Tirana. He is one of the founders of the Democratic Party of Albania in 1990, and has been elected a Member of Parliament in five legislatures. Political posts Imami has held include minister of legislative reform and parliament relations from 1997 to 1999, minister of justice from 2000 to 2001, minister of local government and decentralization from 2000 to February 2002, and from 2005 to 2009 he was the chief of cabinet of the prime minister. During 1999 and 2000, he had a fellowship at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He has acted in three films, Face to Face (1979) "Në çdo stinë" (1980) and (Vajzat me kordele te kuqe) Te shoh ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Films
The year 1979 in film involved many significant events. Highest-grossing films United States and Canada The top ten 1979 released films by North American gross are as follows: International Major events * March 2 – Buena Vista release their first film since the advent of U.S. movie ratings to not be G-rated, '' Take Down''. * March 5 – Production begins on ''The Empire Strikes Back''. * March – Frank Price becomes president of Columbia Pictures. * May 25 – ''Alien'', a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released. * May 29 - Mary Pickford, a silent screen legend and Hollywood pioneer who was, at the height of her career, the most famous woman in the world, dies of a stroke. * May 31 – ''The Muppet Movie'', Jim Henson's Muppets' first foray into the world of feature-length motion pictures, is released in United Kingdom. * June 11 – John Wayne, a famous Western movie actor, dies at the age of 72 from stomach cancer. * June 29 – '' Moonraker'', the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian-language Films
Albanian ( endonym: or ) is an Indo-European language and an independent branch of that family of languages. It is spoken by the Albanians in the Balkans and by the Albanian diaspora, which is generally concentrated in the Americas, Europe and Oceania. With about 7.5 million speakers, it comprises an independent branch within the Indo-European languages and is not closely related to any other modern Indo-European language. Albanian was first attested in the 15th century and it is a descendant of one of the Paleo-Balkan languages of antiquity. For historical and geographical reasons,: "It is often thought (for obvious geographic reasons) that Albanian descends from ancient Illyrian (see above), but this cannot be ascertained as we know next to nothing about Illyrian itself." the prevailing opinion among modern historians and linguists is that the Albanian language is a descendant of a southern Illyrian dialect spoken in much the same region in classical times. Alternativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lola Gjoka
Lola Gjoka Aleksi (22 May 1910 – 6 October 1985) was an Albanian pianist during the period of the Communist regime. Life Gjoka was born in Sevastopol in 1910, into an Albanian family. She began learning the piano at the age of six, and her success was such that her father arranged for her to have lessons from the pianist Karalovy. In 1932 her family moved to Korçë, where Gjoka worked as an accompanist for singers including the soprano Tefta Tashko-Koço, the Albanian folk singer Marie Kraja, and Mihal Ciko. In 1933 she won a significant prize in an international piano competition in Vienna, which got her a job to teach piano at the Institute for Girls in Tirana. She graduated with honours from the Athens Conservatory in 1936. Gjoka, along with Maria Kraja, a notable singer of traditional Albanian Urban Lyric Songs, worked together and they recorded over 300 songs. By today's standards the recordings were not prefect; however they still survive today as a record of Alban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilir Bozo
Ilir is an Albanian masculine given name, derived from ''i lirë'', which means "free"., and is primarily a male name of Albanian origin that means Illyrian. People bearing the name include: *Ilir Azemi (born 1992), Kosovar footballer *Ilir Bajri (born 1969), Kosovar jazz composer, pianist *Ilir Bano, Albanian politician *Ilir Beqaj (born 1968), Albanian politician * Ilir Berisha (born 1991), Kosovar footballer *Ilir Biturku (born 1968), Albanian footballer * Ilir Boçka (born 1950), Albanian diplomat *Ilir Bozhiqi (born 1965), Albanian footballer *Ilirjan Çaushaj (born 1987), Albanian footballer *Ilir Dibra (born 1977), Albanian footballer *Ilir Duro (born 1966), Albanian footballer * Ilir Elmazovski (born 1979), Macedonian footballer *Ilir Hoxha (born 1949), son of former Albanian leader Enver Hoxha *Ilir Jaçellari (born 1970), Albanian actor, painter and photographer *Ilir Kadia (born 1957), Albanian journalist *Ilir Kerni (born 1959), Albanian ballet dancer, opera and thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agim Shuke
Agim Shuka (April 1942 – 20 May 1992) was an Albanian film and stage actor. Education After graduating from the Higher Institute of Arts (today the Academy of Arts), he started working as an actor in the People's Theatre (today the National Theatre) and later as a lecturer at the Higher Institute of Arts (today the Academy of Arts) His first film role was "Dini" in ''Oshtimim në bregdet'' in 1966. Other film roles would continue, such as the role of "Bashkim" in ''Old Wounds'' in 1969; "Sandri" in ''In the Beginning of Summer'' in 1975; the role of the Albanian Commissioner of the Naval Base in ''Face to Face''; "Musa" in ''Militant'' in 1984, etc. His most recent role was as Anila's father in ''A Boy and A Girl'' in 1990. Shuke was survived by his wife, Fedra Shuka, and his two children, Orli Shuka Orli Shuka (born 27 May 1976) is a British-Albanian actor best known for his role as Luan, head of the Albanian mafia Albanian mafia or Albanian organized crime ( sq, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulejman Pitarka
Sulejman Pitarka (1924–2007) was an Albanian actor, writer, and playwright originally from Debar. His family moved to Durrës, Albania, when he was five. His brother was Bashkim Pitarka, who became an Albanian diplomat. He was active in films and in the National Theater of Albania in Tirana.Shita, Vehap, Gjurmave të letërsisë: Zgjedhje kritikash letrare, Volume 1 of Gjurmave të letërsisë, Rilindja, 1970 He was awarded the People's Artist of Albania. Filmography *'' Loin des barbares'' - (1994) *'' Vdekja e burrit'' - (1991) *'' Historiani dhe kameleoni'' - (1989) *'' Nata e parë e lirisë'' - (1984) *'' Në prag të lirisë'' - (1981) *'' Shtëpia jonë e përbashkët'' - (1981) *'' Goditja'' (1980) *''Ballë për ballë'' - (1979) *'' Gjeneral gramafoni'' - (1978) *'' Pas gjurmëve'' - (1978) *'' Gunat mbi tela'' - (1977) *'' Tinguj lufte'' - (1976) *'' Horizonte të hapura'' - (1968) *'' Debatik'' - (1961) * ''The Great Warrior Skanderbeg ''The Great Warrior Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujar Lako
Bujar Lako (1 June 1926 – 15 December 1996) was an Albanian actor. Filmography References External links * People from Korçë 20th-century Albanian male actors 21st-century Albanian male actors Albanian male film actors Albanian male television actors 1946 births 2016 deaths {{Albania-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Flloko
Timo is a masculine given name. It is primarily used in Finnish, Estonian, Dutch and German societies. It may be used as an abbreviation of Timothy. Arts and entertainment *Timo Alakotila (born 1959), Finnish musician *Timo Andres (born 1985), American composer and pianist *Timo Blunck (born 1962), German musician *Timo Boll (born 1981), German table tennis player * Timo Bortolotti (1889–1951), Italian sculptor *Timo Brunke (born 1972), German slam poet *Timo Descamps (born 1986), Belgian actor and musician *Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer *Timo Pieni Huijaus (born 1982), a Finnish rapper *Timo Jurkka (born 1963), Finnish actor *Timo Kahilainen (born 1963), Finnish actor *Timo Kahlen (born 1966), German sound sculptor and media artist * Timo Kojo (born 1953), Finnish singer *Timo Koivusalo (born 1963), Finnish actor, writer, and musician *Timo Korhonen (born 1964), Finnish classical guitarist *Timo Koskinen (born 1965), Finnish classical pianist * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
