The premiere of the film”General Gramaphone”will be shown tomorrow after being restored at the center “Dabimus srl” in Bari.

The news was announced by the Minister of Culture, Elva Margariti, who states that “the restoration of this film was made thanks to the cooperation of the Central State Film Archive and the Fondazione Gramsci di Puglia within the project “For a network of cultural institutions between Puglia and Albania and tomorrow the film will be shown at Cineplexx (TEG)”.

Along with the premiere of the film, said Margariti, the book written by Ester Gjika “Film pas filmi – une e bija e…” will be promoted, as well as a performance of the kaba on the clarinet, performed by the virtuoso trio: Sokol Bimi: Clarinets , Fatmir Lela: Lute; Ronaldo Deda: Violin.
The minister said that the digital restoration of the film “General Gramaphone” was carried out at the Dabimus srl center in Bari, under the direction of Professor Nicola Barbuti.

“General Gramophone”, is considered an iconic film directed by the great Viktor Gjika, with a script by Vath Koreshi and music by Aleksandër Peçi.

The restoration process of old Albanian films started a few years ago, where some of the best Albanian productions such as “Tale from the Past”, “Second November”, “Tana”, “Death of a Horse”, “Years of expectation”, etc.

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