The Man with the Cannon

The Man with the Cannon (1977)

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After Mato Gruda, a man living in a remote village in the mountains of Albania, steals a cannon abandoned by the German invaders he has to decide whether to use the weapon to support the Partisan resistance or to avenge his family.

Date of release
1977-01-01
TMDB
8.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 29m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Viktor Gjika

Casting

Interesting facts

The Man with the Cannon is a 1977 Albanian drama film directed and written by Viktor Gjika based on the 1975 novel by the same title by Dritëro Agolli. Timo Flloko stars as an Albanian partisan during World War II who discovers a cannon left by retreating Axis soldiers.

Production

Dritëro Agolli's The Man with the Cannon, his second novel, was published in 1975, and adapted into a film. The script was written over the course of 1975 and 1976. Viktor Gjika directed and wrote the film with Agolli as an consultant. Limoz Dizdari composed the music. Filming was done in Delvinë, Përmet, and Krujë. Kinostudio produced the film. Neriman Furxhi edited the film.

The 1970s was a period of Albanian cinema in which the depiction of Italians and Fascist Italy's control of Albania were common.

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