Lazër Filipi

Acting

Lazër Filipi

Born 1921-02-07 · Shirq, Shkodër, Albania

Acting credits

The Councillors poster
9.0

Year 1943. All the members of an anti-fascist council are arrested by the Nazis during a wedding, along with the husband. They are pressured into signing a document against the council, but they refuse, and instead plan to help the husband escape in case of an execution.

The Councillors

1979

The Conscience poster
10.0

Kujtim works as a car mechanic. He makes a mistake and does not fix the brakes of a truck properly, which leads to a deadly accident. He feels guilty, but is unable to admit his mistake.

The Conscience

1972

A Name Among People poster
8.0

Biopic about the patriot and political activist Avni Rustemi.

A Name Among People

1983

The Great Warrior Skanderbeg poster
6.4

A biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg widely known as Skanderbeg, a 15th-century Albanian lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.

The Great Warrior Skanderbeg

1953

The Captain poster
6.4

A misogynistic old man goes to complain about "his rights" after a woman is elected as the leader of his village's cooperative.

The Captain

1972

Tana poster
9.0

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.

Tana

1958

Sounds of War poster
9.0

Bardhi, an orphan boy, goes to the city to work in the house of a rich man, where he learns how to play the violin.

Sounds of War

1976

The Forest of Freedom poster
8.0

Vlash Zaka is a poor villager who secures his living by capturing wild horses in the forest. His brother has killed an Italian spy, so Vlash is under surveillance and his life is in danger.

The Forest of Freedom

1976

Furtuna poster
4.3

Story depicting the national liberation struggle of the Albanian people against the Italian and German invaders during World War II.

Furtuna

1959

Misioni përtej detit poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Misioni përtej detit

1988

Echo on the Seashore poster
8.0

World War II. Patriot Jonuz Bruga has troubles with his young son, Selim, who leads an immoral lifestyle and does not support the anti-fascist war, while his brothers fight in the city's guerrilla units.

Echo on the Seashore

1966

Us and Lenin poster
7.5

In a nursing home the elderly deal with their past.

Us and Lenin

2008

At the Beginning of Summer poster
10.0

In Fascist Albania 1942, Albanian partisans will do all they can to remove the Italian fascists from their country.

At the Beginning of Summer

1975

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

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

In the Name of Freedom poster
9.0

A wounded Greek partisan is helped by Albanian partisans and hidden in the house of an old woman, but his life is still in danger due to the presence of Nazis.

In the Name of Freedom

1987

The Bride poster
7.0

Northern Albania, 1911. Bali marries Bardha, who is betrothed to Sokol Dema, currently imprisoned by the Turks. Bardha tells this to Bali on the first night of their marriage and puts him in a dilemma: he should either kill Bardha due to the laws of the land, or send her to the parents of Sokol Dema.

The Bride

1980

Behind the camera