The best Abdurrahman Shala’s war movies

Abdurrahman Shala

Abdurrahman Shala

25/10/1922- 09/03/1994
Today we present the best Abdurrahman Shala’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Abdurrahman Shala’s movies.

Before the Rain

Before the Rain
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 09/06/1994
  • Character: Zekir
The circularity of violence seen in a story that circles on itself. In Macedonia, during war in Bosnia, Christians hunt an ethnic Albanian girl who may have murdered one of their own. A young monk who's taken a vow of silence offers her protection. In London, a photographic editor who's pregnant needs to talk it out with her estranged husband and chooses a toney restaurant.

Kozara

Kozara
7.2/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 25/07/1962
  • Character: Jakov
In June of 1942 Germans and their collaborators decide to get rid of partisans and their stronghold in the woods of Mount Kozara in Northern Bosnia. They encircle the mountain and begin the mop up operation. Out gunned and outnumbered the partisans must not only take care of themselves but try to protect thousands of refugees too.

Captain Lechi

Captain Lechi
7.1/10
Kosmet in the fall of 1944. The Partisans have successfully liberated the town of Prizren from occupying Germans,and Ramiz Leshi, a brave and cunning KNOJ captain, has to liquidate the remainder of the local Quislings, called Balists. They are led by a ruthless, German-trained soldier Kosta and by Ahmet, the brother of the famous Captain. As Ramiz is trying to get Ahmet out of the gang and hunt down the rest of the Balists, 2 new girls arrive in town. One of them is Lola, a bar singer with a questionable agenda, and the other is Vida, a withdrawn music teacher from Belgrade.

Requiem

Requiem
4.2/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 14/07/1970
  • Character: Janko
An American commando officer, in search of his father's killers, becomes part of a plot to capture a trainload of gold bullion destined to finance the Nazi cause. What begins as mission impossible explodes into a battle to rock the Balkans.

Operation Cross Eagles

Operation Cross Eagles
4.5/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 01/01/1968
  • Character: Kalich
War - In this thrilling war drama set in Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress. "Operation Cross Eagles" is a story of suspense and intrigue that will have you on the edge of your seat one moment and blast you back the next. - Richard Conte, Rory Calhoun, Aili King

Red Blow

Red Blow
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 16/07/1974
  • Character: Todor
At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it. Communist Party and the workers do not agree with that and under constant repression, beginning small diversions, which will be transferred in the conquest and liberation of the entire mine.

Gunfight

Gunfight
7.1/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 12/03/1962
  • Character: Šaban Murtezi
In this sequel to "Captain Leshi", a group of Albanian nationalist movement (ballists) continues obstruction of the new Yugoslavian authorities even after the war. Captain Leshi manages to fight them successfully, as well as to fulfill his romance with beautiful Azira.

Shots in the Sky

Shots in the Sky
6.7/10
Upon returning home at war's end, a young lieutenant discovers that his family has been murdered by the Nazis. It's all the handiwork of a treasonous "Chetnik," who during the war worked against the partisans on behalf of the Germans. In bitter retaliation, the lieutenant sets about to decimate the Chetnik's family. He stops short, however, when he realizes that the sins of the fathers are not always passed down to the innocent children.

The Bombers

The Bombers
6.4/10
Two best friends, former Partisans, must face new challenges after the war.

Doctor Homer's Brother

Doctor Homer's Brother
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 01/01/1968
  • Character: Bandit
This film predominantly deals with the problems of a young man whom his delusions led into conflict with society. These issues will throw him into an adventure that would be tragic for him, but still helpful for him to see the truth. The story takes place in Kosovo in 1945, in an atmosphere of uncured wounds, wandering, betrayal, burned homes, typhoid and other postwar misery. An authentic story from those days was taken as the film's basis.

Wolf of Prokletije

Wolf of Prokletije
7.4/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 26/09/1968
  • Character: Fuad - beg
Uka is an old Albanian who lives in the mountains on the border of Kosovo and Albania. As an honorable man, he must deal with his son who befriended Italian fascists during WW2.

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