The Albanian ( Der Albaner ) ( Shqiptar )

The Albanian (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Der Albaner
Alternate Title: Shqiptar
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Albania ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Johannes Naber

Written By:
Alexander Steimle
Johannes Naber

Actors:
Nik Xhelilaj ..... Arben
Stipe Erceg ..... Damir
André Hennicke ..... Apotheker
Luan Jaha ..... Onkel
Young-Shin Kim ..... Vater
Çun Lajçi ..... Nicola
Eva Löbau ..... Kioskbesitzer
Marian Meder ..... Etlevas Mutter
Yllka Mujo ..... Sali
Fitim Quenaj ..... Slatko
Bruno Shllaku ..... Etleva
Ivan Shvedoff ..... Ilir
Xhejlane Terbunia
Amos Zaharia

Synopsis:

Arben is a young Albanian mountain-dweller who occasionally crosses the border into neighbouring Greece, returning to his native village with money to help support his large family. When he finds out, however, that his secret love Etleva is expecting a baby and that her parents are demanding 10,000 EUR from him for the wedding, Arben sets off for distant Germany in search of bigger wages. Coming from a poor environment, he suddenly finds himself in the land of the affluent. But the "European dream" cherished by this illegal immigrant, now stuck in a country with no friends, experience or knowledge of the language, soon turns into a nightmare.

Handsome Albanian villager Arben (the appealing Nik Xhelilaj, who looks set for a big international career) wants to marry Etleva, daughter of a neighboring clan, but her father has promised her to another man who is offering a 10,000 Euros bride price. But when it turns out Etleva is carrying Arben's child, the pressure is on for him to come up with the dowry before the baby is born - and before her brothers take revenge for the dishonor he has brought their family. Fleeing to Berlin without papers, experience or knowledge of the language, Arben soon learns the ways of survival.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 23 April, 2012.

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