The story of Viktor Stratoberdha (1921-1991) mirrors many of Albania’s tragedies. Stradoberdha’s humorous, buoyant style led him to be one of the country’s most promising filmmakers. But after being denounced in 1956, he was expelled from the Kinostudio and sent into internal exile. In 1967, Stratoberdha directed a local theater play in which the economic five year plan was placed in a coffin. He was then jailed for the next two decades. Urime Shokë Studentë! is one of the surviving documentaries of Viktor Stratoberdha’s all too short career.
Viktor Stradoberdha
Director
Eurodonbas
2022
Anulloje Ligjin
2023
A Hero's Death
2001
Land Without Bread
1933
Made in Albania
2012
Besa: The Promise
2012
Railway Station
1980
Panodrama
2019
The Truth Will Out
1930
Dua Lipa: Elevating
2022
Left Behind
1994
The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
2018