Red Poppies on Walls | |
Director: | Dhimitër Anagnosti |
Music: | Kujtim Laro |
Cinematography: | Pëllumb Kallfa |
Distributor: | Albafilm |
Runtime: | 100 minutes |
Country: | Albania |
Language: | Albanian |
Red Poppies on Walls (Albanian: Lulekuqët mbi Mure) is a 1976 Albanian drama film directed by Dhimitër Anagnosti. The film is based on the auto-biographical book by Petraq Qafzezi.
A restored version of the movie was published by the Albanian Central State Film Archive in December 2023, with the financial support of the "Season of Classic Films" program of the Association of European Cinematheques and the Europe Creative Desk – MEDIA program. The restoration was carried out in the studio Dabimus srl, which is part of the "Aldo Moro" University of Bari, Italy.[1]
The film takes place in an orphanage in Tirana, Albania, in the beginning of World War II during occupation of the Italian fascists and tells the story of the harsh lives of the orphans living in total oppression and manipulation and uprising against the corrupt school system.