

The Sorrow of Mrs. Schneider
2008 Directed by Piro MilkaniIt 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.

Nik Xhelilaj
....................................................Lekë Seriani

Anna Geislerová
....................................................Jana Šnajderová

Kamil Kollárik
....................................................Artur
Ondřej Moravec
....................................................Karel

Bára Štěpánová
....................................................Růžičková

Tomáš Töpfer
....................................................František Piskáček

Michele Placido
....................................................Šternberk
Director
...........................................................Piro Milkani
Producer
...........................................................Piro Milkani
Music
...........................................................Milan Kymlička
Special Effects
...........................................................Boris Masník
Story
...........................................................Radek Sofr
Piro Milkani
Co-Producer
...........................................................Jana Tomsová
Production Companies
...................................................Studio FÁMA 92
Production Countries
........................................................Albania
Czech Republic
Spoken Languages
....................................................shqip
Český
Genres
....................................................Romance
Drama
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