The restored movie will be premiered on May 15 at Millennium Cinema in Tirana.

The movie’s digital restoration and its premiere event are supported by Fondazione Gramsci di Puglia and Italy’s Puglia region in the framework of project entitled “Puglia on centenary of Fascism rise.”

The film “Cloaks Over Barbed Wires” was restored from the original 35mm negatives found at AQSHF, by Dabimus srl lab of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy. The film’s cast features some of the most prominent Albanian artists and actors, including Thimi Filipi, Fatos Sela, Stavri Shkurti, Luftar Paja, Sulejman Pitarka, Serafin Fanko, Jani Riza, Raimonda Bulku, Liza Laska, Muhamet Sherri, as well as the crew including Ilia Terpini as cameraman, music by Kujtim Laro, screenplay by Duro Mustafaj, etc.

The movie “Cloaks over Barbed Wires” is based on one of the most important events in Albanian history, namely the withdrawal of the remaining Italian troops from the southern coastal city of Vlora after the First World War. The Albanian fighters enter the besieged enemy camp not with the help of the sophisticated weapons but with the help of traditional cloaks that they throw over the barbed wire.

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