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The Gramophone General
''The Gramophone General'' ( sq, Gjeneral Gramafoni ) is a 1978 Albanian drama film directed and written by Viktor Gjika Plot In the mid-1990s, the penetration and preparation of the Italian invasion of 1996 began. Halit Berati, a virtuoso clarinetist and Parandili, are invited by a Turkish entrepreneur to record in gramophone plates, their tunes which will be sold together with Italian music the time of fascism. During this time the strikes of oil workers begin where Halil Berati is a worker. Cast *Bujar Lako - Halit Berati *Guljelm Radoja - Mr. Alberto *Kadri Roshi - Parandil *Sulejman Pitarka - Avdi *Reshat Arbana Reshat Arbana (born 15 September 1940) is an Albanian actor who interpreted around 35 characters in films and theatre receiving the award as People's Artist of Albania. Career Arbana's first role was in 1963. After he finished his studies at t ... - mayor *Sheri Mita - Michele * Stavri Shkurti - Braho External links * References Gazeta Shqiperia Gjeneral Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bujar Lako
Bujar Lako (1 June 1926 – 15 December 1996) was an Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ... 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] |
Viktor Gjika
Viktor Gjika (23 June 1937 – 3 March 2009) was an Albanian director, filmmaker and screenwriter. For his distinguished and remarkable contribution to the cinema, he was awarded the highest title as People's Artist in 1985. He graduated from VKIG Cinematographic Institute of Moscow in Russia. Together with a classmate, presenting their academic degree when graduated, they shot the short film ''Nobody Ever Dies'', based on Ernest Hemingway's story of the same name, which was awarded the First Prize at the Worldwide Cinematographic Institutes Film Festival in the Netherlands in 1961. He created more than 15 movies and over 25 documentary films. He was the general director of Shqiperia e Re National Film Studio in Tirana for almost 10 years in the 1980s, until 1991. He was a member of several international film festival juries such as Giffoni Film Festival, Annecy Film Festival, and others. Filmography As film director * (2004) * (2002) * (2000) * (1997) * (1997) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinostudio Shqiperia E Re
The National Center of Cinematography ( sq, Qendra Kombëtare e Kinematografisë) is the largest film distributor and film production company in the cinema of Albania connected with over 700 films (feature films and documentaries) between 1947 and 2012. The studio has produced and distributed the vast majority of Albanian films. Especially important was its work in the 1970s and 1980s when the studio averaged 75–80 movies per year. History The Centre of Cinematography was established in 1945 as the Agency of Albanian Films () and in 1947 it was transformed into the Albanian Cinematographical National Company (). At that time all the movie theatres were nationalised, so the company was in charge of both movie production and management of theatres. In May 1948 the company presented its first cinematographic chronicle. It also contributed in the 1940s and 1950s with the building of many movie theatres throughout Albania. In 1952, the movie studio called "Albania National Centre of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 In Film
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows: Events * February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures. * March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial. * March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for ''The Empire Strikes Back'', but dies only two weeks later. * June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal. * June 4 – '' Grease'', starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film. * July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia Pictures. He is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of . It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Venetians, and Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadri Roshi
Kadri Roshi (4 January 1924 – 6 February 2007) was an Albanian actor. He was named a People's Artist of Albania The People's Artist () was an honorary title for outstanding art performers of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, whose merits were exceptional in the sphere of development of the performing arts (theatre, music, cinema and art). It was c .... Filmography References External links * 1924 births 2007 deaths Albanian male film actors People's Artists of Albania People from Mallakastër {{albania-actor-stub ... [...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] |
Reshat Arbana
Reshat Arbana (born 15 September 1940) is an Albanian actor who interpreted around 35 characters in films and theatre receiving the award as People's Artist of Albania. Career Arbana's first role was in 1963. After he finished his studies at the acting school ''Aleksander Mojsiu'', near the National Theatre of Albania, in 1968 Arbana started to work at Radio Tirana. From 1977 until he retired, he worked as an actor at the National Theatre. Arbana has been distinguished for his mastery interpretation of his roles. For his acting merits he has gained the People's Artist of Albania The People's Artist () was an honorary title for outstanding art performers of the People's Socialist Republic of Albania, whose merits were exceptional in the sphere of development of the performing arts (theatre, music, cinema and art). It was c ... award. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Arbana, Reshat 1940 births Albanian male stage actors Albanian male film actors People's Artists of Albania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Films
The year 1978 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1978 released films by box office gross in the United States and Canada are as follows: Events * February 6 – David Begelman resigns as president of Columbia Pictures. * March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is stolen from a Swiss cemetery three months after burial. After recovery a few weeks later, the casket is sealed in a concrete vault prior to reburial. * March – Leigh Brackett completes the first draft for ''The Empire Strikes Back'', but dies only two weeks later. * June – Daniel Melnick becomes head of Columbia Pictures after the David Begelman scandal. * June 4 – '' Grease'', starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, has its world premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It becomes the highest-grossing musical ever and Paramount Pictures' highest-grossing film. * July 20 – Alan Hirschfield is fired as president and CEO of Columbia Pictures. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
