Portrait of actress Vitore Nino (1924-2007)

Vitore Nino (1924-2007) Merited artist. Actress of the founding generation of the theater "Migjeni", Shkoder, as well as of the Albanian cinematography. She remained the "Aunt" of the Albanian scene. The public of Arteda, and especially that of the city where she was born, remembers her best as "Halla", for the role she played in the movie "The Happy Couple", where Vitore Nino managed to be widely symbolized and embodied. He was born in Shkodër, on February 7, 1924, when the amateur theater of cultural societies was at its peak. Shkodra, with its cultural societies and amateur theater in those years, was among the vanguard cities of our stage art, since the first theatrical performance was given there, in that city, at the end of the 19th century. This atmosphere of art, with the appearance of a cultured youth, greatly influenced the career of the young girl from Shkodra with full of dreams. She finished her studies at the Pedagogical Institute and started working as a teacher in Tirana and Kosovo, where she taught the Albanian language. But her great love is theater. That's how she, together with other girls and boys, talented amateur actors, created with the great director Andrea Skanjeti the dilettante theater of the house of culture, with which they staged several pieces. Vitorja shone in the first show in 1946. The part "Portreti" staged by Skanjeti, made it possible to reveal the talent of Vitorja and other girls. This core of amateur theater led to the creation of the professional theater "Migjeni" in 1949, four years after the creation of the People's Theater in Tirana. Together with 25 other members, including Vitore Nino, Ida Kraja, Çezarina Çiftja, Aneta Nikaj, etc., he started his professional theater journey that gathered around him the most talented artists of the time. In her long career of over 40 years, there are nearly 130 roles on the stage of the "Migjeni" theater and over 7 roles in feature films, in the period 1946 – 1989. It was liked very much for the roles of stable and noble mountain women, for strong and painful figures of nuns, for people who harmonized in their characters the harsh tones with the soft ones. Deep psychological experiences with a sense of humor, irony and jokes. Without stopping longer in their analysis, we would distinguish from this creativity the roles of Vitore Nino in the parts, from the beginning of his career: "Portreti"; "The Russian issue"; "Those who do not appear"; "Island of peace"; "Inversion"; and then in the role of Loke in "Our Land" by Kole Jakove; the role of Sosa in the drama "Fisheku ne paje"; "Council of Godfathers"; "Disruption"; the role of Nene Bjeshka in "Baca i getajve"; "Lion of the house"; "The happy couple" etc. In cinematography, her first performance will be in the movie "Commissioner of Light" and then about 20 other roles would continue. She would become well known to the public with the role of Aunt in the movie "The Happy Couple". Her most recent role will be the role of Grandma in the TV movie "Reconstruction" in 1989. Vitore's stage activity is diverse, from small roles to strong character roles, from joyful comedies to dramatic dramas. deep tears. An actress with values like Vitore Nino has been lucky for the "Migjeni" theater, as she has best completed that beautiful picture of Shkodra actors, who all together resemble a crown full of stars where each of them has a place deserved and necessary. Vitore Nino is remembered by Shkodran spectators for her variety of roles, for her stage beauty and above all for her talent. While the Albanian screen spectator has carved it in his mind in the famous comedy "The Happy Couple", where Vitore Nino plays the role of the aunt. In a sense, the unforgettable "Aunt" of Albanian Cinema. Nino was an actress who, together with other prominent actors of the "Migjeni" corporal, created a collective, special profile and who together were one of the pillars of the Albanian theater. There are large pieces, comedies and dramas from the most accomplished national and foreign dramaturgy, which competed worthily at the national level, and remained as models of our stage art. After 1990, he will move to Tirana. She passed away on March 25, 2007. For her high merits, Vitore Nino will be awarded the title of "Merited Artist". * * * “She is one of the actresses who immediately absorbed the directorial data and studied her role in depth. He embodied these data by developing them with new creations according to the nature of the character he was interpreting. Since "Portreti" (1946) and during the period of 30 or more years, among the plays he participated in, he stood out for the most natural realism of the role. She prepared these with love and was so closely connected to the theater that she did not leave it even when she retired." ANDREA SKANJETI – "People's Artist" * * * THEATER "Portreti" (1946); "The Russian Question" (1947); "Those who do not appear" (1948); "Island of Peace" (1949); "The Upheaval" (1950); "Our Land" (1954); "Foreign Votra" (1956); "The Tyrant of Padua" (1957); "Nora (1960); "History of Irkutsk" (1961); "Perkolgjinajt" (1963) by Kole Jakove; "Black and White" (1965); "Cuca e maleve" (1967) by Loni Pape; "The Happy Couple" (1974); "Cartridge in Paje"; "Baca e Gjetajve" (1981) by Fadil Kraje; "Council of Ghosts"; "Lion of the house"; "Disruption"; "The case of Blerta" (1984), etc. FILMS "Light Commissioner" (1966); "The Happy Couple" (1975); "Days That Brought Spring" (1978); "Autumn Rebuke" (1981); "The Warm Hand" (1983); "Postponed Wedding" (1985); "Reconstruction" ( 1989); The Ballad of Kurbin (1989). __________ Reference: various online Albanian portals and newspapers, and an article by F. Slatina. It was published for the first time on Facebook "Albanian Cinematography in September 2016 and was revised in the following years.

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