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The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider

2008 Albanian film

March 14, 2008 (2008-03-14) (Albania)
May 29, 2008 (2008-05-29) (Czech Republic)

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Running time

104 minutesCountriesAlbania
Czech RepublicLanguagesCzech
Albanian

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider, also known as The Sadness of Mrs. Schneider or The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova (Albanian: Trishtimi i zonjës Shnajder, Czech: Smutek paní Snajdrové) is an Albanian-Czech romantic drama film directed by Piro Milkani and Eno Milkani. It is a movie of strong autobiographical elements and includes a three-nation cast: Albanian-Czech-Italian. It was released in 2008 and was the Albanian submission of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for that same year,^[2] but failed to be nominated.

Plot

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Český Šternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and "erotic exuberance" of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.^[3]

Cast

Nik Xhelilaj as Lekë Seriani
Anna Geislerová as Mrs. Snajderová
Tomáš Töpfer as Director Piskácek
Michele Placido as Count Jiri Sternberg
Arta Dobroshi as Ema
Paolo Buglioni as Mr. Snajder
Kamil Kollarik as Artur Zach
Violeta Manushi

References

^ Release dates for The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova
^ ""Trishtimi i zonjës Shnajder", në garën për cmimin Oskar" (in Albanian). ALSAT.tv. 27 October 2008. Archived from the original on June 15, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-24.
^ "The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider". Film affinity. Retrieved 2011-02-24.