Piro Milkani

Directing

Piro Milkani

Born — Died

1939-01-05 — 2025-05-24

Place of birth

Korçë, Albania

Known for

Directing

Credits

30 titles

Piro Milkani was born on January 5, 1939, in Korçë (Albaniua). He is a director and cinematographer, known for Ngadhnjim mbi vdekjen (1967), Përse bie kjo daulle (1969), Ne kufi te dy legjendave (1982) and Smutek paní Snajderové (2008).

Known for

Ulysses' Gaze poster
7.5

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider poster
5.4

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider

2008

Lamerica poster
7.2

In post-communist Albania, two Italian con artists establish a fictitious shoe factory to embezzle government funds. When their elderly Albanian figurehead disappears, the younger accomplice sets out to find him, embarking on a journey that confronts him with the country's poverty and troubled past.

Lamerica

1994

The Invocation of Enver Simaku poster
5.5

Albania 1997. Some ghostly, deteriorated video footage keeps Julien awake and obsesses him every night. Almost two decades after the murder of his wife, Angela, Julien returns to Albania with a determination to investigate her mysterious death, amidst a sea of impossible records, police files and visions of Beyond.

The Invocation of Enver Simaku

2019

A Comrade from the Village poster
5.5

It is a cine comedy following "The Lady from the town". Olga is getting ready to go to a meeting of the district women activists, where she will relate her own experience in the struggle against conservative concepts. During a warm atmosphere, Olga sings the first lullaby to her newborn nephew: "Once upon a time there was an Olga who posed as a lady.Time passed by and the lady has become one of us, a comrade from the country"

A Comrade from the Village

1980

The Happy Couple poster
8.7

A comedy about life during the 1970's. A father refuses to accept his son marrying a girl from a different religion, thus leading to several comical situations.

The Happy Couple

1975

Film credits

Behind the camera

Ulysses' Gaze poster
7.5

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider poster
5.4

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider

2008

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider poster
5.4

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider

2008

A Comrade from the Village poster
5.5

It is a cine comedy following "The Lady from the town". Olga is getting ready to go to a meeting of the district women activists, where she will relate her own experience in the struggle against conservative concepts. During a warm atmosphere, Olga sings the first lullaby to her newborn nephew: "Once upon a time there was an Olga who posed as a lady.Time passed by and the lady has become one of us, a comrade from the country"

A Comrade from the Village

1980

The Happy Couple poster
8.7

A comedy about life during the 1970's. A father refuses to accept his son marrying a girl from a different religion, thus leading to several comical situations.

The Happy Couple

1975

The Happy Couple poster
8.7

A comedy about life during the 1970's. A father refuses to accept his son marrying a girl from a different religion, thus leading to several comical situations.

The Happy Couple

1975

Once at Dawn poster
10.0

A driver is tasked with sending weapons illegally to the partisan soldiers.

Once at Dawn

1971

Once at Dawn poster
10.0

A driver is tasked with sending weapons illegally to the partisan soldiers.

Once at Dawn

1971

Between two legends poster
7.0

The events take place in the marsh of Nusekana, where a legend is also set. In this place, two students of agronomy, Eda and Bora come to carry out their learning practice. The passion for the profession makes the girls adapt with the new environment. Between Bora and Fani starts to grow the passion of love.

Between two legends

1980

Ngjyrat e moshës poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ngjyrat e moshës

1990

Face to Face poster
7.5

A translator at the conference of communist parties witnessed the biggest break between the two communist parties. The dramatic events in the military conflict take place on a naval base in Albania, which the Soviets did not dare to adopt. Based on a novel by Ismail Kadare.

Face to Face

1979

Spring didn't come alone poster
8.0

Irena, a young physicist, along with two of her colleagues, undertakes an important study far from home. She goes for a health check-up at the city hospital and learns that she suffers from leukemia. After recovering from her spiritual depression, she begins to come to terms with reality, appreciating every second of her life and the love she tries to avoid.

Spring didn't come alone

1988

Why Are the Drums Rumbling? poster
10.0

Katrina and Xhavit, two young volunteers working on the construction of a railroad, fall in love and decide to marry. However, the girl's father does not approve this marriage.

Why Are the Drums Rumbling?

1969

On the Verge of Life poster
10.0

Two young people, Ardi and Rina, like each other. They are at the very first steps as adults in their lives. The film deals with social problems and the role of the society in the education of the youth.

On the Verge of Life

1985

The Militant poster
10.0

A film about the life of militant Vasil Shanto.

The Militant

1984

Victory Over Death poster
10.0

World War II. Albania is under the Nazi occupation. The Germans capture two young girls and torture them to learn more about the communist movement.

Victory Over Death

1967

Victory Over Death poster
10.0

World War II. Albania is under the Nazi occupation. The Germans capture two young girls and torture them to learn more about the communist movement.

Victory Over Death

1967

Paths of War poster
10.0

World War II - a famous warrior and a villager face the destruction of their village and heroically lead the people in a rebellion.

Paths of War

1974

The Break poster
7.0

A story about a little boy who lives in Tirana, the capital of Albania.

The Break

1983

The Red Pledge poster
7.0

Film about the 5 Heroes of Vig, who died in a bloody battle during the National Liberation War.

The Red Pledge

1982

The Fall of Idols poster
8.0

A teacher in a remote village gets hindered by zealot members of the community who still believe in old superstitions.

The Fall of Idols

1977

The Lady from the City poster
8.3

Olga's decision to live with her daughter Meli, who works as a doctor assistant, in a remote village turns into situations full of vicissitudes. After an entire trade fair of correspondence to find a groom from the city, Olga presents Koçi to Mili, who pretends to be a true artist. But Meli has fallen in love with Bujar, and doesn't seem to want move away from the village.

The Lady from the City

1976

Festë e madhe poster
10.0

The documentary shows the tour of performances throughout Albania by the national folk song and dance ensemble.

Festë e madhe

1973

Come poster
8.5

The events of the film take place in a small town where a group of medical students have come for their teaching practice. Shpresa, the protagonist of the film, sees among these girls, her own daughter, Vjosana, who was bom after an unhappy love and was raised in an orphanage.

Come

1987