Gulielm Radoja (; 2 July 19455 May 2021) was an

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actor from

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. He acted both in

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and in

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, performing over 40 roles in the latter.

Life and career

Radoja was born on 2 July 1945 in Shkodër, Albania. After finishing studies in dramaturgy at the Higher Institute of Arts in

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in 1972 he worked as a professional actor at the city theatre of Librazhd. He then worked as an actor and director at the "Bylis" Theatre in Fier and then as an actor at the "Aleksandër Moisiu" Theatre in Durrës. Among his most famous theatre interpretations are Brecht's ''

A Respectable Wedding ''A Respectable Wedding'' is a short play by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht. The German title ''Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit'' literally means ''the petit bourgeois wedding.'' Like other of Brecht’s early works (Baal, Drums in the Night, and ...

'', Böll's '' The Clown'' and Vasilis Theodoropoulos' ''Trojans''. In addition to his work in theatre, he also left a legacy in cinematography, where he interpreted in over 40 roles from 1970 to 2019. His first role was as a forest engineer in the movie "Gjurma", in 1970. A series of other roles would continue, such as the role of Tenente Gruabardi in the movie "Në fillim të verës" in 1975, Alberto in the film "

The General Gramophone ''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 clarine ...

" in 1977, Stefan Bardhi in the film "Mësonjëtorja" in 1979, the role of Petro Nini Luarasi in the film "Kush vdes në këmbë" in 1984, the priest in the film "

The Return of the Dead Army ''The Return of the Dead Army'' ( sq, Kthimi i ushtrisë së vdekur) is a 1989 black comedy Albanian film, directed by Dhimitër Anagnosti and based on the acclaimed novel '' The General of the Dead Army'' by Albanian author Ismail Kadare. Plot ...

" in 1989, the prosecutor in the movie "Kolonel Bunker" in 1998. Radoja died from COVID-19 complications on 5 May 2021.

References

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