Spiro Urumi (1928-1997)
Actor of the Theater “A. Moisiu” – Durres and of Albanian cinematography. “Merited artist”
Urumi was born in Durres, on February 28. Graduated from high school for actor at “Aleksander Moisiu” in Tirana, in 1963 and then was appointed to the theater “A. Moisiu” in Durres, working in this institution until he retired.
He has played on the stage of this theater more than 80 roles, mostly the main ones, but also secondary roles and characters. Urumi used with the same success both expressive tools for the embodiment of characters with dramatic, psychological and heroic emphasis, as well as those related to the embodiment of comic characters.
Performed successfully in the plays “Marriage”, “Noble Bourgeoisie”, “Prefect”, “Lobov Yaravaya”, “Sea Gull”, “Over the Ruin”, “Time of Commissars”, “Statue of Captain George”, “Beyond Love” “, ” The Mill of Koste Bardhi”, “The Fisherman’s Family”, “Albanian Covenant”, “Njellat e Murme”, “Braid of Wars” etc.
The full, strong stature and voice, the sensitivity and deep experience of the role, the energy and temperament that reaches unrestrained and neurotic impulses at the key points of the dramatic conflict, were the obvious features of his acting. In the drama “The Mill of Koste Bardhit” by N. Prifti, Spiro Urumi gave the character of the miller Koste a visible intensity of action and behavior, where the emotional wealth, temperament and truth in the character’s life drew attention.
He presented Selim in “The Fisherman’s Family” by S. Pitarka in all the necessary antagonism, which increased the dramatic tension of the play, while the majestic figure of Sulejman Vokshi in the drama “Albanian Covenant” – 1979 by S. Krasniqi, interpreted in the planes of the epic and the sublime, avoiding the outer sides.
Although he is a dramatic actor, Spiro Urumi has also tried satire. Such natural conquests redeemed by drama and the psychological and neurotic tones of satire and its quirks, were an organic part of his acting, an expression of the wide range of acting tools.
Urumi also played in 12 Kinostudio feature films, starting with the role of Fulci in the film “The First Years” – 1965, as well as in the films “Guerrilla Unit” (Markalleshi) – 1969, “Conscience” (father of Art) – 1972, “Zani partizani” (commander) – 1975, “A difficult journey” (Kico) – 1977, “The Guest” (discoverer Dago) – 1979, “An incident at the port” (Niko, the manager of the pharmacy), “New mornings” (Mr. Maman) – 1980, “Second November” (Beu) – 1982, “The Trap” (Teqe’s father) – 1983 , “Nothing is forgotten” (Abdurrahman Harizi) – 1985, “Uninterrupted Melody” (Sala the warehouseman) – 1985, “Bitter spring” (consul) – 1985. “The Ballad of Kurbini (Ligur Bashi) 1990
Spiro Urumi passed away on December 13, 1997. He holds the title “Merited Artist”.
It was published for the first time on the Albanian Cinematography page on Facebook in December 2020
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Reference: Encyclopedia of Albanian Cinematography / Toena 2002 / A. T Hoxha / p. 402 | Albanian Encyclopedia, Theater and Cinematography – Toena 2009 / J. Papagjoni / p. 532.
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