Photo gallery | Supporting Actors (list A – J)!

3 May 2021

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List 1 in alphabetical order, from A – J!

Actors of secondary roles that the reader may not have known before, and that today may be interested in getting to know them through photos. Thus, in the Albanian films of Kinostudio “Shqiperia e Re “, in addition to the now well-known actors, giants or stars of the Albanian cinema, these films have offered our spectators another group of actors of secondary roles who did not have the luck to perform in many films or in the role of protagonists despite their acting skills.

Precisely for this grouping plus those that came from the amateur movement, for the interest of the reader, this page has designated a wide photo album, along with a little information.

Of course, the list of names is very long, almost endless, and if it is impossible to mention them all, this album will be enriched from time to time with new photos and related information.

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ADMIR SORRA Born in Vlora on January 15, 1975, he is known for his role in the movie “Tale from the Past”. In 1988, in a competition held in Tirana, where the film “Tale from the Past” received the “Naim Frashëri” award, the director directed him to withdraw the film award, this was an honor for him, to make him present in the Albanian art scene.

At the VIII Film Festival, he received the medallion as “The best little actor of Albanian films”. Despite achieving high artistic values, he left the Academy of Arts in 1993. He emigrated to Italy for a while and later returned to Vlora.

ADIVIE SHAROFI – ALIBALI “Mamica” of the Albanian film.

Honorable Mrs. Adivie Sharofi, is not a genuine actress, and is not a graduate of any acting school, but nevertheless the role of Mamica in the film of our national hero “Skenderbeu” has made her well-known.

She is the only one of the actresses who keeps her life alive as a witness in the making of the film “Skenderbeu”, a successful film for the time and which even resists her today. Mrs. Alibali was born in Tirana in 1934, the daughter of the well-known Sharofi family from Dibra e Madhe. Adivije is one of the first pioneers of the Albanian choreographic art, since 1947. She was a dancer and simultaneously part of the opera (before the Philharmonia was even created).

ARJANA MUSABELLIU The actress was seen playing a role in the movie “Bitter Spring” – 1985!

BILBIL KASMI Actor of secondary roles who performed in several Kinostudio films: 1979 – Small Unit……the partisan commissar
1980 – The Intendent……..the courier
1981 – “We fought too”…….the partisan commander
1981 – “When a film was being shot” ……..
1983 – “The end of a blood feud”…. Feridi
1983 – “White lilies” …….agronomy

BINOK HATIBI Performed secondary or episodic roles as in:
Threads that are cut – 1976;
Old Cartridge – 1980;
The Trap 1983 etc.

BLEDAR XHANI
“The hedgehog of the movie”Butterfly in my cabin. For many, his name may sound distant, but if you were to mention the character of “Irići” in the movie “Butterfly in My Cabin”, you would surely immediately remember the little boy with the hair standing up like a thorn, who every day made his way with “Saurel” of Toma.
He grew up in Tirana near the “Dinamo” stadium and was offered in this film by the well-known actor and director Artur Gorishti, although against his will. Years later, B. Xhani took part as an extra in the film “Rapists”, which was filmed at “Disco Albania”. Today he is a successful businessman where he has been living for many years in South Africa.

BRUNILDA HALLUNI She was born in Tirana on February 21, 1965. Bruna graduated from “Petro Nini Luarasi” high school in Tirana, choosing the path of medicine as a nurse. She didn’t finish any acting school, but she still caught the eye of the directors who chose her not only for her original beauty, but also for the confidence she showed, her sensuality and special style, the intelligence she demonstrated without showing it selfishly or showing off in the roles you played in the Albanian film.

She could very well have become an actress with a successful future, even though her success belongs to another profession from the art of cinematography. Her name can be found in the films: “City Lights” (1983) as Vera / “Autumn Rains” (1984) / “Dream of a Chair” (1984) / “Whiteness” (1986) / “Waxed Shirts” ( 1987).

In the years of transition, after the 90s, like every other Albanian for a better life, she first emigrated to Greece and then to Canada, where she currently lives in Quebec happily with her beloved family.

DARLING MAMAQI The actor was born in Tirana on November 10, 1963. He studied at the High Institute of Arts in Tirana for acting. Acted in 3-4 Albanian films starting with Edi, the son of his friend Kristofor in “Pupils of my class” in 1984. A year later he played in the film “On the verge of Life”, and in 1990 a role of a German lieutenant in “Chronicle of a night”.

He was also the director of the film “A day from one life” (1993). He is the son of the writer Adelina Mamaqi.

DHIMITRA MELE Performed in two Kinostudio feature films: “Who died on foot” – 1984 and “The Unforgettable” – 1984

DHURATA KASMI

The actress started in 1983 in the movie “Warm Hand” and even in a minor role. Four years later in 1987, she played in the movie “Spring again” and then in “Ballad of Kurbin”.

DHIONIS KOCI (1927 – 2020)

Who is Dhionis Koci or Nizua as others affectionately called him? More precisely, to help the Albanian spectator, he is the “Italian soldier” of the checkpoint of a barracks in the film “Debatik” – 1961, who exchanges a few words in a perfect Italian with “Coli”, the little actor Shpetim Zani.
“Buongiorno ragazzi` ! Che hai portato qui da vendere ? O tartaruga , Dio buono. Ma i soldati sono andati tutti in chiesa…” !
This is therefore the only role where the artist Dionis Koci can be clearly identified. Dionis Koci was born in Lyon from an Albanian family who emigrated to France. It was one of the special and rare intellectuals of people. Actor, comedian in the state variety show, poet, singer, author of “Mozaiku Qeparotas” and the legendary song “My Village Qeparoi” (1949). Died in September 2020 in Virginia in the USA

EDMOND BEJLERI The actor performed three roles in the Albanian films “On the border of two legends” – 1981; “A Little Delay” – 1982; “Footprints in the Snow” – 1984!

EDMOND BALLA Actor / Assistant director / Director and producer

Born in Tirana on July 1, 1960. He studied at the High Institute of Arts for an actor. Performed a successful role in the movie “Like Everyone” (1981) as Vili. In 1985, he transferred to Kinostudio “Shqiperia e Re”, working as an assistant director in the films “Don`t be silent” (1985); “Whiteness” (1986); “Check mate twice” (1986); “Morning Phone” (1987); “People in the Stream” (1989); “Ballad of Kurbin” (1990).

EINAR NELKU The actor performed in the films: And one day comes – 1986; Come – 1987; A Long Year – 1987; The Weight of Time – 1988.

EKATERINA KOTE Actress of the “Aleksander Moisiu” theater, Durres. In addition to various interpretations on the stage of this theater, she simultaneously played in several artistic or television films: “Emblema e dikurshme” (Benjamin’s wife); “Stars above Drin” – 1979; “Time does not wait” – 1984.

ERMIRA ZYRAKJA Ermira Leford (Zyrakja) is a great Albanian artist, but in another field of art. Born on December 15, 1964. At a young age, 6 years old, he began studying piano and graduated professionally at the age of 23 at the Academy of Arts in Tirana. Ermira has studied piano for more than 16 years and currently lives for more than 20 years in Geneva, where she alternates her professional activity with concerts, teaching and participation in many cultural activities of the Albanian community in Switzerland, while she has given concerts in USA, England, France, Ireland, Greece, Cyprus etc. In 1987, she performed as an actress in the only film of Kinostudio “Shqiperia e Re” entitled “Come” in the role of a student, in a touching event, raised in the children’s home, where one day she had gone to was doing her internship in a small town, she came in contact with her real mother.

EVA PELLUMBI (1953 – 2019) For the Albanian public, she is known for her episodic roles in Albanian films such as “Girl with red ribbons”, “Dream of a chair” or even “Kapedani”. The actress has worked for 17 years at the “Puppet Theater” where she played the role of “Cufo” from the work of Gaqo Bushaka as well as Pinocchio.

FATBARDHA CANI Amateur actress, but who managed to land her only role in the cinematography, a protagonist even, in the short film “Fitter Girl” – 1970, and nowhere else after that, even though many actresses who came from the amateur movement reach a high level of interpretation becoming professional.

The charming girl, originally from Cameria, was a worker at the time at the “Stalin” Textile Factory. The director Muharrem Fejzo had to find a girl to play the role of Hana, according to the scenario of a girl who dreams of becoming an assembler and falls in love with a boy at the construction site. It will be the well-known painter of the film Shyqyri Sako who will discover Fatbardha and present it to the staff assigned to the film “Montatorja”. This was Mrs. Cani’s approach to Albanian cinematography.

FERIDON BERBERI (1935 – 2020) Do you remember the scene on the bus where the peasant sitting in front of “Teto Ollga”, while eating, addresses her: “Have you ever been to our sides”? He is an amateur actor in the organization of Estrade Pogradec, Feridon Berberi. He was born in Pogradec on July 12, 1935. In addition to his work with the variety troupe of the city where he was born, he was active in two Albanian films, in “Mornings War” – 1971 and “Lady from the City” – 1976. The actor passed away on February 17 2020.

FLORA MERTIRI The actress was not lucky enough to act in many feature films. She is remembered by our audience in the excellent film “Captain” in 1972, in the role of the mayor. Currently she lives in Greece!

FLORINDA MANUSHI

Even the actress Florinda Manushi was part of that constellation of secondary role actresses. She is remembered in the movie “War Path” as Kanan’s girlfriend, as they are taken in the picture above.

FREDERIK ZHILLA Performed in the films: Dream for a Chair – 1984; Love your name – 1984; When Life’s Doors Open – 1986; And the Day come – 1986; Substitute of Women – 1987; Colors of the Age – 1990.

GENC METOHU

The actor masterfully played the role of Martin Cami in the beautiful Kinostudio film “The Fall of the Idols”.

GJOVALIN GJOKA
He is graduated as an actor from the High Institute of Arts. Gjoka is the son of the great actor Pjeter Gjoka. Although not with the brilliance of his father, as an actor of secondary roles, his artistic career is more in the theater, such as in “Arturo Ui” in the role of the son of Dogsborus (actually in the real role alongside his father P. Gjokes).
“Yes father!”; “No father!”

HASAN FICO Postman Malo of “The Lady from the City”

Fico was an amateur actor, small in stature and with a difficult articulation of the word, but who has performed, albeit in episodic roles, in some of Kinostudio’s Albanian films.

All those who have known him describe him as a loving, friendly man who is ready to cooperate and give his contribution to Albanian cinema. Although an amateur, he was lucky enough to play in a considerable number of Albanian films, alongside the stars of our cinema.

He started with a role in the Cine comedy “Odyssey of the fans” in 1972. In the memory of Albanian film lovers, the role of the postman Malo in “Lady from the city” remained, a role that also gave him the identification for that part of the spectator who did not recognize him by name.
Other films: “Light Commissar” – 1966 / “The Bronze Bust” – 1970 / “Odyssey of the Fans” – 1972 / “War Path” – 1974 / “Looking for the 5 o’clock shift” – 1974 / “Lady from the City” – 1976 / “Circus in the village” – 1977 / “Tomka and his friends” – 1977 / “Concert in the year 36” – 1978 / “Girls with red ribbons” – 1978 / “A comradess from the village” – 1980 / ” Fracture” – 1983 / “Pupils of my class” – 1984 / “Dream of a chair” – 1984 / “Check Mate twice” – 1986

HASAN KONCI
“The spy of the film “Ambush”!

Amateur actor active in several Albanian films, in several episodic roles. In 1963, he was active in the film “Special Assignment”, then in “Ambush” (1968), “When it dawned on a day” (1971) in the role of a truck owner, “Bloody Earth” (1976) as well as in “Hearts that never grow old” (1977).

He stands out in the role of an exponent of the National Front in the film “Prita” and his jokes in this film are still remembered on the viewer such as: “He trima” while he is greeted with a fist by those in the front, and a little further while he is looking for to run away from the battle, he addresses two of his brave men in the rear: “And you, you should be at the front of the war”.

HARILLA VJERO Part of the group of secondary actors who were active in a considerable number of Kinostudio films. The actor acted in several films as follows: Pupils of my class -1984; Three men with “guna” – 1985; The investigation continues – 1988; Elastic boy – 1989; People in the stream – 1989; The death of the horse – 1992; “Amanet” – 2014

ILIR DASHI The actor performed in the films: Guerrilla Unit – 1969; Illegals – 1976; My Wedding Toast – 1978; Small Unit – 1979.

ILIR HUNCI The actor was born in Korce. He acted in several Albanian films, among which we can mention: “Unforgettable” – 1984; “Strange Wedding” – 1986; “Spring Again” – 1987

ILIR SHKURTIBorn in Pogradec on December 30, 1957. He was an actor in the Estrade troupe of the city of Pogradec. While in cinematography, he was active in several Kinostudio films with small roles, but which he managed to complete successfully. Among the films in which he has performed are: “Who dies on foot”, “Rails”, “Small Encirclement”, “Temporary brilliance”, “Colors of age”.

JALLDIZ DELIU Amateur actress with the profession of teacher. Born in Tirana. She plays in the only film in the role of a lady in “Fijet qe priten” alongside the great artist Serafin Fanko. She passed away!

The list continues with the second part from K-T, to the link as below: https://www.kinetografia-shqiptare-sporti.com/?p=21531&preview=true

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