
Gjirokastra
2024, Russian. Directed by Yuriy Arabov.
Albania in the 1960s, the city of Gjirokastra. Katya, a graduate of the Philology Department of Moscow State University, marries an Albanian, a young historian whom she met in Moscow. Soon after Katya enters into a dialogue with the dictator Enver Hoxha at an art exhibition, her husband is arrested on trumped-up charges.
- Runtime
- 2h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Russian
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- Released
- 5 December 2024
- Original title
- Гирокастра
- Country
- Albania, Russia
- Written by
- Yuriy Arabov, Ismail Kadare
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Gjirokastra runs 144 minutes (2h 24m).
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What movies are like Gjirokastra?
If you liked Gjirokastra, try The Thief, My Neighbor Adolf, The Young One.
Who directed Gjirokastra?
Gjirokastra (2024) was directed by Yuriy Arabov and stars Besmir Bitraku, Polina Grishina, Loredana Gjeci.