The Great Warrior Skanderbeg is a 1953 Albanian

Cinema of Albania

The cinema of Albania had its start in the years 1911—1912.-Early years:The first public showing to occur in Albania was a little known title, Paddy the Reliable; a comical story detailing the afterlife events of a man who was so distracted by trivial matters that he was unable to attend his own...

-Soviet

Cinema of Russia

The cinema of Russia began in the Russian Empire, widely developed under the Soviet and in the years following the fall of the Soviet system, the Russian film industry would remain internationally recognised...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 directed by Sergei Yutkevich

Sergei Yutkevich

Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich was an award-winning Soviet film director and screenwriter.-Life and career:He began work as a teen doing puppet shows. Later he helped found the Factory of the Eccentric Actor , which was primarily concerned with circus and music hall acts. He entered films in the...

. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival

1954 Cannes Film Festival

-Jury:*Jean Cocteau *Jean Aurenche *André Bazin *Luis Buñuel*Henri Calef *Guy Desson *Philippe Erlanger *Michel Fourre-Cormeray *Jacques-Pierre Frogerais...

 where it earned the International Prize. Yutkevich also earned the Special Mention award for his direction.

The film is a biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg

Skanderbeg

George Kastrioti Skanderbeg or Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu , widely known as Skanderbeg , was a 15th-century Albanian lord. He was appointed as the governor of the Sanjak of Dibra by the Ottomans in 1440...

 (1405 – 1468), widely known as Skanderbeg, a 15th century Albanian

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 for more than two decades.

Cast

• Akaki Khorava – Gjergj Kastrioti, aka Skanderbeg - dubbed
  Dubbing (filmmaking)
  Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...
  
   in Albanian
  Albanian language
  Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...
  
   by Pjetër Gjoka
  Pjetër Gjoka
  Pjetër Gjoka was an Albanian movies and theater actor of the 20th century.He started his theater activity with the amateurial troupes of Shkodër in 1929. In 1947 he started to work as a full time actor in the National Theater of Albania after his debut in the Army Theater. His first role was in...
  
  
• Besa Imami – Donika
• Adivie Alibali – Mamica
• Semyon Sokolovsky – Hamza
• Veriko Andjaparidze – Dafina
• Georgi Chernovolenko – Marash
• Naim Frashëri
  Naim Frashëri (actor)
  Naim Frashëri was a 20th century well-known Albanian actor. He was named a People's Artist of Albania.Frashëri's love for theater had already started in 1942, however he started his professional acting career at the beginning of 1945...
  
   – Pal
• Oleg Zhakov
• Aleksandr Vertinsky – Doge of Venice
• Sergo Zaqariadze
• Vladimir Belokurov
• Vahram Papazyan
• Marie Logoreci
  Marie Logoreci
  Marie Logoreci was an Albanian singer and an actress in Albanian films and drama. She has appeared in several films such as Skanderbeg, Fëmijet e Saj, Toka Jonë, ecc.. Marie is also well known for her acting on television, such as her recurring appearances on Gjenerali i Ushtrise se Vdekur...
  
   – Countess
• Boris Tenin