Red Poppies on Walls

Red Poppies on Walls
Film poster
Directed byDhimitër Anagnosti
Written byPetraq Qafëzezi
Dhimiter Anagnosti
Starring
CinematographyPëllumb Kallfa
Edited byMarika Villa
Music byKujtim Laro
Distributed byKinstudio
Release date
  • 9 January 1976 (1976-01-09)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryAlbania
LanguageAlbanian

Red Poppies on Walls (Albanian: Lulekuqët mbi Mure) is a 1977 Albanian drama film directed by Dhimitër Anagnosti and co-written by Anagnosti and Petraq Qafëzezi. The film is an adaptation of Qafëzezi's book The Orphans.

Plot

At the time of the outbreak of World War II, orphans in an orphanage in Tirana, under Italian occupation, are forced to clean anti-fascist slogans off of walls. Four orphan friends, Jaçja, Lelua, Bardhi and Tomi, one of whom had a connection with the young anti-fascist Aliu, in protest against the invaders begin to secretly organize plans against some hated collaborators, who were known as servants and spies of the Italian fascists. Two of them, who were also targeted by the illegal communists, were the director of the orphanage and its caretaker.

Cast

Production

The Kinostudio[1] produced a film adaption of Petraq Qafëzezi's novel Bonjakët (The Orphans).[2] Red Poppies on Walls was directed by Dhimitër Anagnosti[3] and co-written by Anagnost and Qafëzezi. Marika Villa edited the film and Kujtim Laro composed the music. Filming was done in Tirana.[4] The 1970s was a period of Albanian cinema in which the depiction of Italians and Fascist Italy's control of Albania were common.[5]

Release

Red Poppies on Walls premiered in Tirana, on 9 January 1977.[4] It was shown at the Albania, Si Gera film festival held in Rome from 4–7 April 2019.[6] A 4K resolution restoration of the film was done by Dabimus SRL with financial support from the Association of European Cinematheques and released in 2023.[2][7]

Reception

The Association of European Cinematheques reported that Red Poppies on Walls "remains one of the country's most celebrated films".[3]

References

  1. ^ Nishku 2020.
  2. ^ a b SOT 2023.
  3. ^ a b ACE, p. 4.
  4. ^ a b AQSHF.
  5. ^ Bego 2022, p. 7.
  6. ^ Tirana Times 2019.
  7. ^ SOT Restore 2023.

Works cited

Journals

  • Bego, Fabio (2022). "The sound of the other: Albanian–Italian relations and Kinostudio films". Studies in Eastern European Cinema. 13 (1). Taylor & Francis: 3–20.

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