Dear Enemy

Dear Enemy

Dear Enemy

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Dear Enemy

2006

1h 26m

7.0(5 votes)

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Dear Enemy tells the true story of the director’s grandfather who became friends with a German officer during the WWII German occupation of Albania while hiding a partisan, an Italian soldier and a Jewish watchmaker in his cellar.

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Luiza Xhuvani

Luiza Xhuvani

Vefi

Marko Bitraku

Marko Bitraku

Sami

Helidon Fino

Helidon Fino

Qasim

Niko Kanxheri

Niko Kanxheri

Prifti

Peter Lohmeyer

Peter Lohmeyer

Franz

Nina Petri

Nina Petri

Gerta

Agim Qirjaqi

Agim Qirjaqi

Ethem

Rinaldo Rocco

Rinaldo Rocco

Giulio

Lefter Simoni

Vasjan

Anila Varfi

Ija

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Directed by: Gjergj Xhuvani

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