Piro Milkani

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider (2008)

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechosl ...

Ulysses' Gaze (1995)

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more. ...

Spring didn't come alone (1988)

Irena, a young physicist, along with two of her colleagues, undertakes an important study far from home. She goes for a health check-up at the city hospital and learns that she suffers from leukemia. After recovering from her spiritual depression, she begi ...

Come (1987)

The events of the film take place in a small town where a group of medical students have come for their teaching practice. Shpresa, the protagonist of the film, sees among these girls, her own daughter, Vjosana, who was bom after an unhappy love and was ra ...

On the Verge of Life (1985)

Two young people, Ardi and Rina, like each other. They are at the very first steps as adults in their lives. The film deals with social problems and the role of the society in the education of the youth. ...

The Militant (1984)

A film about the life of militant Vasil Shanto. ...

The Break (1983)

A story about a little boy who lives in Tirana, the capital of Albania. ...

The Red Pledge (1982)

Film about the 5 Heroes of Vig, who died in a bloody battle during the National Liberation War. ...

A Comrade from the Village (1980)

It is a cine comedy following "The Lady from the town". Olga is getting ready to go to a meeting of the district women activists, where she will relate her own experience in the struggle against conservative concepts. During a warm atmosphere, Olga sings t ...

Between two legends (1980)

The events take place in the marsh of Nusekana, where a legend is also set. In this place, two students of agronomy, Eda and Bora come to carry out their learning practice. The passion for the profession makes the girls adapt with the new environment. Betw ...

Face to Face (1979)

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. Based on a novel ...

The Fall of Idols (1977)

A teacher in a remote village gets hindered by zealot members of the community who still believe in old superstitions. ...

The Lady from the City (1976)

Olga's decision to live with her daughter Meli, who works as a doctor assistant, in a remote village turns into situations full of vicissitudes. After an entire trade fair of correspondence to find a groom from the city, Olga presents Koçi to Mili, who pr ...

The Happy Couple (1975)

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. ...

Paths of War (1974)

World War II - a famous warrior and a villager face the destruction of their village and heroically lead the people in a rebellion. ...

Festë e madhe (1973)

The documentary shows the tour of performances throughout Albania by the national folk song and dance ensemble. ...

Once at Dawn (1971)

A driver is tasked with sending weapons illegally to the partisan soldiers. ...

Why Are the Drums Rumbling? (1969)

Katrina and Xhavit, two young volunteers working on the construction of a railroad, fall in love and decide to marry. However, the girl's father does not approve this marriage. ...

Victory Over Death (1967)

World War II. Albania is under the Nazi occupation. The Germans capture two young girls and torture them to learn more about the communist movement. ...

Echo on the Seashore (1966)

World War II. Patriot Jonuz Bruga has troubles with his young son, Selim, who leads an immoral lifestyle and does not support the anti-fascist war, while his brothers fight in the city's guerrilla units. ...

Vangjush Mio (1966)

Documentary about the Albanian impressionist painter Vangjush Mio. ...

The Early Years (1965)

Based on a true story, set during the drainage of the Maliq swamp. ...

The Dynamite Watcher (1963)

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces. ...

Special Task (1963)

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

Bekim Fehmiu (2023)

Bekim Fehmiu was the first Eastern European actor to star in Hollywood during the Cold War, and he was one of the internationally best-known actors. ...

The Invocation of Enver Simaku (2019)

Albania 1997. Some ghostly, deteriorated video footage keeps Julien awake and obsesses him every night. Almost two decades after the murder of his wife, Angela, Julien returns to Albania with a determination to investigate her mysterious death, amidst a se ...

...και το τρένο πάει στον ουρανό (2001)

Lamerica (1994)

Fiore, an Italian conman, arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino, his young apprentice, to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian, so they designate Spiro, an impoverished and confused former political prisoner ...

Bekim Fehmiu Visits Albania (1972)

Albania and neighboring Yugoslavia officially broke ties in 1948. But in 1971, the Hoxha regime was honored to welcome the ethnic Albanian actor Bekim Fehmiu (1936-2010), at the time an international star in Yugoslav theater and film. Before his trip to Al ...

August Sunday (1961)

This lyrical comedy story takes place in two hot days in the small South Bohemian village. On the shore of a small pond, summer guests and local youth meet. As is typical of the works of Hrubín, it is a conflict of youth and age, life and death, represent ...