City of 1000 windows
Description: View of mountains, valleys, river where a little boy is fishing with a hook. The city wakes up, a girl opens the windows, the workers go to work. Workers work in construction. New residential houses, children go to the new school. Little children play in a garden. A painter paints the city of Berat. The castle of Berat, about which many legends have been woven, one of which is that of the two Kreshniks, Tomorri and Shpiragu.
Two brothers who fell in love with the beautiful Fate. Both kreshniks killed each other and as punishment the god sent them back to the mountains and turned the beautiful Fate to a rock that served as a foundation for the castle. While the river that passes through Berat is said to have been formed by Fate’s tears. View of the giant walls of the Berat fortress, which was built in the 4th century AD by the Illyrian tribe of Desareteve.
While the other walls were built in the 13th century by despot Mihal Engjell Komneni. It starts with a view of the Osumi castle and Myzeqeja. Part from the movie “Skenderbeu”. Church of St. Merise Vllahernes, 14th century. Church of St. Triadhes, 14th century. The church of St. Mehill is built on the rocky side of the castle. The churches are painted by our painters. An epitaph covered with silver thread, made by Gjergj Araniti in 1313 under the rule of the Balshajs. The churches are skillfully crafted by local craftsmen with artistic carvings. Alleys of Castle, the bridge built by Kurt Pasha. View of Mangalem neighborhood. Women in the alleys of Mangalem and in front of the gates drinking coffee or crying. Women fill water in pots and knit socks. Beratase house. The room is paved with miner, wood-carved musandra, fireplace and carved ceiling. The museum where the clothes made of gold are stored. Silver belt, mother-of-pearl slippers. An old woman hands over her wedding clothes to the museum. Evening. movement in the city.
Operator : Hamdi Ferhati / Collaborators: Vasil Lalo, Koco Tollko / Director: Marianthi Xhako / Screenplay: Marianthi Xhako / Music: Ismail Balla Producer: Kinostudio “Shqiperia e Re”
Year: 1959 / Duration : 23 min.
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