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Qeshim se nuk qajmë dot – pse kështu?

We Laugh Because We Cannot Cry
Viktor Stratobërdha
1956 Albania 4 minutes Albanese
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“Why so?” as the original title says, alluding to the almost cartoonish, anti-social behaviour depicted here. But we could also now ask “what if?”: Stratobërdha was deemed a persona non grata soon after shooting these scenes for a purported portmanteau about what not to do in a new Albania. These final pieces were embedded into various newsreels, and his singular voice subsumed.

Production :
Kinostudio "Shqipëria e re"
Photography :
Viktor Stratobërdha
Screenplay :
Viktor Stratobërdha
Copy Contact :
Albanian National Film Archive

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