
Acting
Ndriçim Xhepa
Born
1957-01-21 (69)
Place of birth
Tirana, Albania
Known for
Acting
Credits
35 titles
Ndriçim Xhepa (born January 21, 1957) is an Albanian award-winning film and stage actor.
Known for
7.0The money that people had collected to finance the war were entrusted to Kiço. After the liberation, nobody remembers the treasure, but Kiço reminds everyone, delivering the treasure without taking anything for himself.
The Treasure
1981
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sekretet
2008
6.1In 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.
The Delegation
2018
10.0A woman is raped by a gang of motorcyclists. Her friend attempts to find the perpetrator.
The Rapists
1995
NRThe film director, Bujar, is making a movie about the life and activity of Enver Hoxha. During the film, many retrospectives from the war times till the end of his life are given.
Our Enver
1985
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Darka e gabuar
2011
Film credits
2020s · 4 titles
2.0The story of a couple married for 10 years who decide to end their relationship without understanding the implications of this separation for their families. The decision to separate will make them know the limits of each other and their loved ones in situations full of humor and love. Because when love is still there, nothing is impossible.
Within Love
2023
NRIn order to strengthen his connections on the street, a young man has to participate in a violent robbery. But, after surviving the war between street gangs, he becomes the main target of law enforcement and a ruthless mobster.
Target Number One
2023
6.0Leon, from Frankfurt, returns to his native Albania after 20 years to scatter his deceased grandfather's ashes in the sea and is forced to confront his past and the family he never wanted to see again.
Das Meer ist der Himmel
2024
NRÇesku's life changes forever when, in post-war Albania, communism comes to power, killing and persecuting the people he holds dearest. However, the pursuit of a final wish may be the only thing keeping Çesku alive, offering him a window of hope in a hopeless land.
The Legend of the Cane
2024
2010s · 4 titles
6.1In 1990, a European delegation comes to Tirana to monitor the reforms of the communist regime. A government official is sent on a mission to a faraway prison in order to bring an important dissident back to the capital.
The Delegation
2018
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Darka e gabuar
2011
10.0The story takes place in March 1999, Kosovo. It is the period of NATO bombing. Massive displacement of Albanians on ethnic basis. Terror, fear, insecurity and hunger have plagued the town of Gjakova.
Distant Angels
2017
7.0The calm and ordinary life of a forgotten village is disturbed with the arrival of three prostitutes in the village’s bar, owned by two pimp brothers. The men, despite the efforts of their wives to stop them, spend all their time in the village’s bar, spending their last money on alcohol and sex. Chaos overcomes the village school; its devotees abandon the mosque. Only two youngsters benefit from all this mayhem, by realizing their love affair, forbidden by their parents. At the end, the women start upraising. Consequently, the bar is burnt down and the village looks that it will return to normality.
An Unforgettable Spring in a Forgotten Village
2019
2000s · 5 titles
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Sekretet
2008
4.6Based on true events, a young man raised in a cruel and oppressive family environment, leaves Albania with the dream of becoming a rock star and living a better life. His reckless character and his youth passions lead him to commit a murder in Athens. Chased by everyone, even by his own self, he is imprisoned under the harshest conditions. With the help of a German doctor, he learns to feel sympathy for others and guilt for his crime. His deep remorse will lead him from darkness to light.
Eduart
2006
5.6Inspired by the real-life story of a bus hijacking in Northern Greece, HOSTAGE explores the sensitive issue of Greek-Albanian relations through a young Albanian who takes over an intercity bus. Upon hijacking the bus, he takes the seven passengers hostage and demands a ransom of half and million euro, and safe passage to his homeland of Albania. Surrounded by police, the bus trundles towards the Albanian border and the tension mounts until the final harrowing conclusion.
Hostage
2005
7.0Dear Enemy tells the true story of the director’s grandfather who became friends with a German officer during the WWII German occupation of Albania while hiding a partisan, an Italian soldier and a Jewish watchmaker in his cellar.
Dear Enemy
2006
8.0An amateur cycling team from Albania heads to France to take part in a tournament only to discover on the way that revolution has broken out back home.
East, West, East: The Final Sprint
2009
1990s · 4 titles
10.0A woman is raped by a gang of motorcyclists. Her friend attempts to find the perpetrator.
The Rapists
1995
Toni, a neglected and spoiled 10-year-old boy, tries in every way to look like the idols that inspire his lonely days.
The Clay Bullet
1994
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Behind the facade
1992
6.5Events come through medieval haze in a fantozmagorik city. Under the rocky roofs and the murky wall a frightening mixture of wildlife with fragile hatreds with renewed love of death. Metaphors have to say that power abuse has the same essence but different performances.
Sakos’s Wedding
1998
1980s · 16 titles
7.0The money that people had collected to finance the war were entrusted to Kiço. After the liberation, nobody remembers the treasure, but Kiço reminds everyone, delivering the treasure without taking anything for himself.
The Treasure
1981
NRThe film director, Bujar, is making a movie about the life and activity of Enver Hoxha. During the film, many retrospectives from the war times till the end of his life are given.
Our Enver
1985
8.0Tom Melgushi, becoming overexcited from alcohol, wanders around the streets disturbing people. And one day, Flutura, a teacher of the village, gets on his cab, and there was a glimpse of hope for a stable relationship with the young woman. Tom becomes subject of public criticism after Flutura's accident, because she jumped out of the cab fearing Tom's violence.
Flutura in My Cab
1988
5.0A young reporter discovers a problem while investigating a farm and decides to write an exposing article on it, which many people try to prevent from being published.
A Phone Call in the Morning
1987
7.0The events of the film happen in a huge industrial complex. A huge explosion interrupts an experiment. Engineer Genci, who was responsible for this experiment, discovers that the explosion was not an accident, but an act of sabotage.
Comrades
1982
8.0After living in various European cities, militant Besim Pepa comes back in Albania during the years 1932-1936. Here, he is persecuted and imprisoned, so he has to emigrate again.
The Unforgotten
1984
6.0Agron and Marjeta are happily engaged until in a trial presided by Agron, two people accused of theft reveal facts that implicate Marjeta's father. Agron is torn between love and duty.
Shadows Left Behind
1985
9.0Elteva, an employee at the State Bank, begins to notice the economic damage caused by the operations of a district state enterprise headed by Martini, whose management is following an incorrect economic line. She finds herself at a crossroads, as the bank’s director is also a close associate of Martini. At one point, she asks herself why everyone seems to be against her. As if this were not enough, during this time a doctor suspects that she is pregnant. Elteva’s boyfriend, a football team coach, abandons her. Seeing the situation, Astrit takes the matter into his own hands to investigate the causes of the economic decline of the enterprise led by his colleague. He helps Elteva, with the assistance of a professor, to determine her diagnosis. Feeling guilty for the distress he caused her, her boyfriend Adi asks for her forgiveness. Now, she feels relieved of all the concerns that had been troubling her.
The Train Leaves at Five to Seven
1988
10.0Silvi's husband dies in an accident. For a period of time, she loses interest in life. However, life goes on, and Silvi recovers. She falls in love with Ardi, but discovers that he is an accomplice in a theft of state property. She is the only witness, so Ardi asks her to stay silent, which leads to Silvi falling into a moral dilemma.
Speak Up!
1985
8.5A general and an Italian priest arrive in Albania to retrieve the bones of the soldiers who were killed during the war.
The Return of the Dead Army
1989
8.0Two young directors, Ilir and Sandri, are working on a new film, which deals with events from World War II.
Three Days from a Life
1986
7.0The film focuses on 3 characters: Telo, Vera and Kiço. Vera is Kiço's sister and loves Telo, but Kiço is not happy about their relationship.
The Good Man
1982
9.5A group of partisan girls and women go on a journey in order to take part in the first Congress of the Anti-Fascist Women in Berat.
The Way of Freedom
1982
9.0Jona, Arsen and Agron are not three ordinary graduates doing their teaching practice in an industrial center, but three young people who try to have their place in society. Through their social relations and their love, the film penetrates into their spiritual world and psychology, revealing their concepts and moral values.
Love Your Name
1984
9.0Set in the early 18th century, the film follows Andrea Selenica, a gifted painter whose independence and refusal to bow to church authority place him on a collision course with the clergy. As intrigue and betrayal close in around him, he is driven toward a tragic fate.
Distant Time
1983
10.0The events of film take place in the first days of May 1942 when Albania was under fascist occupation.The enemy is trying by all means to discover the leadership of the Communist Party of Albania wipe it out along with the people's National Liberation Movement. In this grave situation,the communists are faced with counter attack. The film reflects the stormy days of war, the ferocity of the enemy and the strength of the Party and the people who remain undaunted by terror and violence.
The Decision
1984


