Albania (1945)

Release Date: 1945-01-01
Runtime: 0h 27min
Production Company: Central Studio of Documentary Films
Production Country: Soviet Union
Director: Roman Karmen

Made by the highly influential Russian cameraman Roman Karmen, this documentary vividly features Albanian life immediately after the communists came to power in 1944. The film is especially memorable since it’s missing much of the heavy socialist realism that marked Albanian doc making. Shortly after he completed the film, Karmen set off for Berlin to shoot the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany.