Shqipëria turistike

Touristic Albania

  • Mark Topallaj
  • 1974
  • Albania
  • 25 minutes
  • Albanese

Within beauty lurks danger: at least that is what Albanian communist censors thought. Which is probably why this lavishly shot and seemingly innocuous tribute to the Albanian landscape – where we see pretty, fashionable young people marvel at historic towns over the Adagio for Strings, among other Western music – was shelved and never seen again until today.

  • Production : Kinostudio "Shqipëria e re"
  • Editing : Elpiniqi Cojo
  • Sound : Fahri Jukni
  • Photography : Pëllumb Kallfa
  • Music : Ferdinand Deda
  • Screenplay : Faslli Cuka; Mark Topallaj
  • Copy Contact : Albanian National Film Archive