Tana (1958)
1h 30m
Running Time
July 16, 1958Release Date
Plot.
The movie is based on a Fatmir Gjata screenplay. Gjata had written a novel with the same title earlier. The events evolve in the 1950s. The main character, Tana, is a smart, outgoing and progressive young woman. She is in love with Stefan (Naim Frashëri) and they both live in an unnamed mountain village in Albania. Tana has to face the old mentality of her old grandfather and she also has to fight the jealousy of Lefter . It is a love game, while socialist progress is highlighted as is often in the socialist realism.
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Cast & Crew.
Tinka Kurti
Tana
Tinka Kurti
Tana
Naim Frashëri
Stefani
Pjetër Gjoka
Gjyshi
Andon Pano
The Cooperative Chief
Kadri Roshi
Lefter Dhosi
Thimi Filipi
Party's secretary
Kristaq Dhamo
Director
Marie Logoreci
Stefan's mother
Fatmir Gjata
Writer
Nasho Jorgaqi
Writer
Llazar Lipivani
Producer
Teodor Siliqi
Producer
Çesk Zadeja
Composer
Xhevat Behri
Sound
Namik Prizreni
Art Direction
Mandi Koçi
Cinematography
Sokrat Musha
Cinematography
Vitori Çeli
Editor
Agim Vërzivolli
Still Photographer
Vasil Ballço
Associate Producer
Lazër Vlashi
Pandi Raidhi
Lazër Filipi
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Tana is an Albanian feature film, produced by the "New Albania" Film Studio (Albanian: Kinostudio "Shqipëria e Re"). The movie premiered on 17 August 1958. The film was directed by Kristaq Dhamo, and written by Kristaq Dhamo, Fatmir Gjata, and Nasho Jorgaqi. The music was also composed by Çesk Zadeja. The film was entered into the 1st Moscow International Film Festival. The film is often cited as the first feature length film produced fully in Albania.