The Great Warrior Skanderbeg/Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg (Film 1953)

The Great Warrior Skanderbeg (Albanian: Skënderbeu; Russian: Великий воин Албании Скандербег, romanized: Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg) is a 1953 Soviet-Albanian biopic directed by Sergei Yutkevich. Audio in Russian (original version) with English subtitles.

Albanian version (dubbed) restored, with English subtitles: https://www.bitchute.com/video/5pTQabHCQBae/

The film was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival where it earned the International Prize. Yutkevich also earned the Special Mention award for his direction. The film is a biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg (1405–1468), widely known as Skanderbeg, a 15th-century Albanian lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.

Cast & Characters:
Akaki Khorava as George Kastriot/Skanderbeg (dubbed in Albanian by Lec Bushati)
Nikolai Timofeyev as Italian poet
Vladimir Solovyov as Franciscan friar
Boris Tenin as Din
Besa Imami as Donika Kastrioti
Adivie Alibali as Mamica
Naim Frashëri as Pal Muzaka
Oleg Zhakov as Tanush Thopia
Sergo Zakariadze as Laonikus
Vladimir Belokurov as Đurađ Branković, Serbian King
Sergei Kurilov as Lekë Zaharia
Semyon Sokolovsky as Hamza Kastrioti
Veriko Anjaparidze as Dafina
Georgy Chernovolenko as Marash
Alexander Vertinsky as Francesco Foscari, Doge of Venice
Georgy Rumyantsev as Lekë Dukagjini
Marie Logoreci as countess
Vahram Papazian as Murad II (voiced by Yakov Belenky)
Nodar Şaşıqoğlu as Mehmed II
Yury Yakovlev as warrior