Tana (film)

Tana
Film poster
Directed byKristaq Dhamo
Written byFatmir Gjata
Nasho Jorgaqi
Based onTana
by Fatmir Gjata
Produced byLlazar Lipivani
Teodor Siliqi
StarringTinka Kurti
Naim Frashëri
Pjetër Gjoka
Kadri Roshi
Andon Pano
Thimi Filipi
Marie Logoreci
CinematographyMandi Koçi
Sokrat Musha
Edited byVitori Çeli
Music byÇesk Zadeja
Production
company
Release date
  • 17 July 1958 (1958-07-17) (Albania)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryAlbania
LanguageAlbanian

Tana is a 1958 Albanian feature film directed by Kristaq Dhamo and written by Fatmir Gjata and Nasho Jorgaqi based on Gjata's novel of the same name. Tana was the first feature film entirely produced by Albania, with prior films relying on the Soviet Union.

Plot

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 (Kadri Roshi). It is a love game, while socialist progress is highlighted, as is often the case in socialist realism.

Cast

Production

Prior feature films in Albania was produced with significant involvement from the Soviet Union, but Tana was the first feature film entirely produced by Albanians[1] and was the first film produced by Kinostudio.[2] It was an adaption of a novel of the same name by Fatmir Gjata.[3]

It was directed by Kristaq Dhamo and written by Fatmir Gjata and Nasho Jorgaqi. Irena Harito was the editor and Çesk Zadeja composed the music for the film. Filming was done in Tirana and Korçë.[4] Mandi Koçi , one of the cinematographers, was later sent to prison for 20 years and his name was removed from the credits of Tana with green tape covering his name.[5] It took 29 takes to film a kissing scene which was later removed.[6]

Release

Tana premiered on 17 July 1958,[4] and was shown at the 1st Moscow International Film Festival.[7] It was also released in China.[8] The Central State Film Archive started work on a restortation of the film in 2020,[9] and premiered the restoration at the Lumière Festival on 18 October 2022.[10]

References

  1. ^ Taylor et al. 2000, p. 12.
  2. ^ Williams 2023, p. 99.
  3. ^ Prifti 1978, p. 130.
  4. ^ a b AQSHF.
  5. ^ Rowland 2016.
  6. ^ Kiss 2018.
  7. ^ MIFF.
  8. ^ Williams 2023, p. 111.
  9. ^ KOHA 2020.
  10. ^ SOT 2022.

Works cited

Books

  • Prifti, Peter (1978). Socialist Albania since 1944: Domestic and Foreign Developments. MIT Press. ISBN 0262160706.
  • Taylor, Richard; Wood, Nancy; Graffy, Julian; Iordanova, Dina, eds. (2000). The BFI Companion to Eastern European and Russian Cinema. British Film Institute. ISBN 0851707521.
  • Williams, Bruce (2023). Albanian Cinema through the Fall of Communism: Silver Screens and Red Flags. Amsterdam University Press. ISBN 9789048529339.

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