Do you still remember the episode " Go up the mountain quickly, the Warriors! We join the guerrillas in the spring..." comes from which foreign movie?
Do you still remember the line " you will never escape the border " and which foreign video comes from?
These are from Albanian old movies.
How can movie fans who have come from the 1970s forget the rumor about the foreign translation of that we often talked about when we were young?
" Korean movies crying and laughing, Vietnamese movies plane cannons, Romanian movies hug and hug, Albanian movies are inexplicable. "
The first three sentences are easy to understand, such as the North Korean movies we saw at that time " Flower Girl ", " Kim Hee and Yin Hee's Destiny ", " When picking apples ", etc., which really make people cry and laugh.
At that time, Vietnamese movies, such as "Afu" and "Female Teacher in the Mountains", were almost all about the US military's invasion of Vietnam. The sky was full of American planes, like black clouds pressing down on the top, and Vietnamese military and civilians used artillery to shoot down American planes one by one - isn't it just aircraft cannons?
and Romanian movies allow us to see how Europeans express their emotions, which is so direct and unrestrained. They "blatantly" hugged and even kissed in front of the camera, which really surprised the Chinese audience, who had always been implicit and restrained.
is an Albanian movie, why is it called "inexplicable "?
I think the main reason is that movies such as "'s eighth is bronze statue " and "Footprints" make people confused and confused.
For example, in the movie "The Eighth Is a Bronze Statue", there may have been many people who didn't understand what the plot is about at that time.
It was also after many years that I revisited this old movie and then got a clue. It turns out that it tells us the story of seven comrades carrying the bronze statue of Ibrahim who died and returning to their hometown after World War II . This movie uses the memories of several comrades to splice the images of Ibrahim.
This is indeed very different from the straightforward way we are used to. In the 1970s, we could not see many foreign translations.
But Albanian movies often appear in cinemas.
According to the book "History of Translated Films in China". As early as 1959, my country translated the first Albanian movie "Tana", which was translated by the Shanghai Translation Factory.
Then translation factory translated movies such as "The Song of the Mountain Eagle", " They Are Also Fighting ", " Special Mission ", "Our Land", "The Original Era" and other movies.
However, the climax of Albanian movies being released in China appeared in the 1970s.
For example, in 1970, many Albanian films such as "Coast Wind and Thunder", "Trama", " Underground Guerrilla ", " Would rather die than surrender " were released nationwide.
Immediately afterwards, videos such as "Footprints", "Hangliu People ", "Morning of the Fighting ", "The Eighth Is the Bronze Statue", "Green Mountains", "The Road of the Fighting " also appeared in front of everyone.
These movies are translated and dubbed by Shanghai Translator Studios. The voice actors from the -based factory add endless charm to these videos through dubbing full of personality characteristics.
However, after time entered 1975, Changchun Film Studio took on the task of translating and dubbing Albanian films. Such as "The White Road", " in Ordinary Jobs ", "Early Spring", " Mountain Girl ", "Little Beni", "The Last Winter", etc., are all videos translated by the Changzhou Film Studio's translated film crew.
According to "History of Translated Films in China", my country has translated 28 Albanian movies from the 1950s to the 1970s.
There are at least 8 of them, which left a very deep impression on everyone at that time.
is just now, how many people still remember them?
1. "I would rather die than surrender"
This is one of the earliest Albanian movies introduced to our country. When it was first released in China, the visual impact it gave us was huge.
However, the narrative method of this movie is quite "inexplicable".
In fact, it can fully display the heroic images of Mira and Afeltida through normal expression techniques. But the director forced a story that was originally very coherent to pieces.
Those abrupt flashback shots made the audience confused.
But it is undeniable that this movie caused a huge sensation at the time.
I think the following reasons cannot be ruled out.
One is that foreign films were rarely seen at that time, but "Why would rather die than surrender" was screened over and over again.
2 is the actress in the film is very beautiful . Moreover, the images of the heroines Mira and Afeltida they portrayed were also very successful. Especially the way they would rather die than surrender before they died calmly, hovered in our minds and could not be removed for a long time.
3: This movie allows us to see a lot of "quirky" things, such as guitars that can play beautiful melodies, fashionable plaid shirts, turtleneck sweaters worn by the protagonist, as well as billiards, chocolates, etc.
I remember when I was a child, I had a very specific wish, which was to wear a turtleneck sweater when I grew up. Oh, that was really handsome and elegant. Also, you must try it. What does chocolate taste like?
Later, after the reform and opening up, guitars, plaid shirts, etc. were all the rage. I think it must have a lot to do with this movie.
Fourth is the interlude in the film "Going up the mountain quickly" The melody is simple, but full of power and easy for people to remember. I remember that it seemed that everyone would sing this song at that time, and they all remembered the lyrics of "Go up the mountain quickly, the warriors, we join the guerrillas in the spring."
Another thing is that the dubbing actors from Shanghai Translation Factory are unique. Like the voice of the heroine Mira, it is Liu Guangning . Her voice was so sweet, but at the same time full of youthful vitality, making Mira's image even more beautiful.
The voice of Afeltida is Li Zi . Her voice is so crisp and pleasant, making Afeltida's tough and stubborn personality appear on the screen.
In addition, many lines in this movie, such as "Mrsolini, always make sense, now make sense, and always make sense." "We love life, love music, and love everything beautiful" and so on have also become popular words at the time.
2. "Underground Guerrillas"
"Underground Guerrillas" is also one of the earliest Albanian movies we have seen.
It was filmed by the New Albanian Film Studio in 1969 and met with Chinese audiences the following year.
Like other Albanian movies, it also enters the memory part without saying anything, and there is no need to lay the groundwork or explain it before and after, so it also makes the audience feel " is inexplicable ".
"Underground Guerrillas" consists of several short stories, telling the story of the tenacious struggle between the Albanian guerrillas and Italian fascists during World War II.
It leaves us with a few memories, one is that the gun battle scene is extremely real and intense, making the audience feel immersive.
Second, when the guerrillas steal arms, they are like divine weapons falling from the sky. The gods kill the guards without knowing each other and enter the arsenal. Not only does they return with a full load, but they also blow up the arsenal. The magical scene in is as fun as possible.
Third, the story of collective jailbreak is thrilling. In order to prevent the sound of digging the tunnel from coming out, the inmates sang loudly in unison. This picture is very impactful.In the end, they collectively escaped from prison, which made the audience excited.
Also, when Agron was preparing to kill the fascist leader, he said the famous line "I shoot you on behalf of the motherland and the people."
Later, this line was widely cited in many movies. Even in the anime work " Sailor Moon ", classic words like "I destroy you on behalf of the moon" also appear.
In addition, Lieutenant Pietro, who appeared in "Underground Guerrillas", had his handsome image that fascinated many female audiences back then. Especially when he invaded the enemy, he looked so handsome in his enemy uniform.
Later, I looked at this "Underground Guerrillas" again and felt that it was like another anti-Japanese drama . The plot has many exaggerated elements, and illogical designs are everywhere. However, at that time, it made many movie fans exclaim exciting.
3. "Coast Wind and Thunder"
70s, there were too many Chinese audiences who watched the movie "Coast Wind and Thunder".
How sensation did it cause back then?
Not only those lines, like "The night owl can go back to the nest" , "As soon as I saw this salted fish, I became so tired of fishing fish, I couldn't afford to even hang a rope" , etc., which are familiar to everyone.
Even the details of the beautiful girl knocking on the door a few times after the police knocked on the door.
It is exactly the same as after you watched " Lushan Love ", you can accurately tell how many sets of clothes Zhang Yu changed to .
Of course, everyone memorizes the names of the four sons in the film, namely - the fallen Selim, the brave and strong Deni, the youthful and vibrant Betrie and the kind and innocent Vichip. After the release of the video
, the scene of the penniless "Boss Selim" bowing to pick up money in the bar left a very deep impression on the children. To this end, everyone also specially compiled a nursery rhyme for him: boss Selim, who picked up money to drink beer, and his big leather shoes in Italy, stepped on his hands.
, this nursery rhyme, opened everyone's memory door in an instant?
In addition, at the beginning of the film, the scene of a sailor flirting with a woman intimately also made people "eye-opener". At that time, where could you see such a picture in Chinese movies?
Also, in this movie, we heard the familiar line again, "I represent the people, and sentence your to death ." The line
has become the most commonly used buzzword for children when making games.
And now, how many people still remember this movie?
4. "Footprints"
Later, many viewers said that the movie "Footprints" is also incomprehensible. Why
?
I think there are two reasons. On the one hand, the film does have the suspicion of being "mysterious" in terms of its expression techniques, and on the other hand, the film itself is also very "brain-burning".
Its story is actually very simple. It tells the process of a doctor's ideological transformation. However, when he became taller from greed for enjoyment, he died inexplicably.
video starts with this unsolved case. Then through the visits and investigations of the public security personnel, and through the memories of the doctor named Ardan's father, wife, friends and colleagues, these fragments were combined to make Ardan's image clearer and the truth of the case was revealed.
director actually wants to tell a very simple truth through this video, that is, people cannot be greedy for pleasure, and should not be arrogant.
, but it uses a large number of flashbacks that are intertwined with time and space. Many elements are mixed together, which not only makes the structure of the film fragmented, but also dilutes the ideas it originally wanted to express.
Go east and west, with seven branches and eight branches, making the audience confused.
The key is that such a performance method is not necessary at all.
So everyone thinks that "can't understand" is not without reason.
However, this movie is not all useless. For example, the positive theme has a certain guiding role for young people at that time.
In addition "You take the honor given by the people as natural, leave the people, forget who trained you." , "You can never escape the border" and other lines, I believe everyone remembers it, right?
5. "Song of the Mountain Eagle"
I still think that this "Song of the Mountain Eagle" is better than many of the old Albanian movies we have seen.
It more comprehensively shows the entire process of the tenacious struggle between the Albanian guerrillas and fascist invaders during World War II. It spans the entire World War II period, involving two periods of Italy and Germany invading Albania, which is a classic panoramic film. The first half of the video shows the activities and trajectory of the guerrillas carrying out underground work, and then is frantically retaliated by Italian fascists. Then after the Italian fascists surrendered, the Germans invaded Albania.
The "Autumn Offensive" carried out by the German army in 1944 was shown in "Song of the Mountain Eagle". But the guerrillas finally won the desperate battle with the enemy. Many scenes in the
video are memorable. For example, the male protagonist Albian brings the scene where guerrillas blow up the enemy's military base , the scene where the heroine Zana was tortured by the enemy after being captured, and the plot of the guerrillas using the tactic of splitting troops into two groups when they were engaged in the ultimate battle with German fascists, leaving all in our memory.
It is worth mentioning that the Albanian guerrillas at that time had their eyes lit up when they mentioned Moscow. But now, they have become "enemy".
This world is really "the world is impermanent".
6. "The Eighth Is a Bronze Statue"
At that time, I was too young and couldn't understand this movie. The biggest impression is that a few people were walking forward in the mud with bronze statues. Why did they carry that bronze statue? I don't understand the meaning. And I feel that this movie is not good, because there are not many scenes of "war".
But there are two sentences, but I can't forget them. That is - "Destroy fascism, freedom belongs to the people" .
This is another Albanian movie that makes people feel " is inexplicable ".
Even CCTV host Zhang Zequn , who has hosted old movie programs, said, "I haven't seen it until now, what's going on with this movie."
I think the main reason is that "flashback" is "one disagreement", which caught the audience off guard.
A group of people and a child, carrying a bronze statue, walked, suddenly they fought with the enemy, and then after walking for a while, they started fighting again.
ft.
At that time, many people couldn't understand it, but no one dared to say it or ask it. Because if you say it, a wise man will come forward to teach you a lesson, just like he really understands it.
In fact, after growing up, after looking at it many times, I also understood that the six people carrying the bronze statue kept entering the memory, and the focus of the memory was Ibrahim.
is just a picture of this memory, it came too suddenly. There is no turning point or preparation, it is really a "hard work". This will naturally make the audience mistakenly believe that these people carrying bronze statues are walking while fighting against the enemy.
In fact, we are not unfamiliar with the use of montage , and there are many ways to connect between them, such as setting off music, changing the color of the picture, and different character shapes, which can all have better results.
But "The Eighth Is the Bronze Statue" breaks the audience's appreciation habits.
Plus for us, the characters in the play are almost the same and their names are so long, who can remember them?
The worst thing is that there is almost no coherent storyline in the film. Sometimes a person appears, and then the person suddenly disappears. It is really "a dragon that sees its head but not its tail."
However, this movie still has many remarkable points, such as it better demonstrates the revolutionary optimism and romantic feelings. The creation of the character Ibrahim was also quite successful.
However, when I grew up, I still felt very awkward. I wonder if you are the same as me?
7. "Little Beni"
"Little Beni" is a children's film, so we, who were still children at that time, had a deeper impression on us.
We also learned a gesture collectively at that time, that is, before criticizing our classmates, we would first use our little finger to scratch the mouth and then throw it out.
Think about it now, how stupid.
This movie shows the living conditions in Albania at that time. At that time, our lives were still very simple, and we needed to buy many things with tickets. However, in "Little Beni", those ordinary people's families have already appeared in black and white TVs, , refrigerators, sofas, telephones and other items.
Also, many girls especially want the dolls held in the arms of the little girl in the video.
This movie shows us the rich and peaceful life scenes of the Albanian people at that time. That should be the happiest time for the Albanian people.
At that time, Little Benny would never have thought that when he grew up, a violent storm would sweep over.
8. "Early Spring"
"Early Spring" is the last Albanian movie I have seen.
1976 was translated and completed by Changzhou Film Studio.
This is a color feature film, and it seemed difficult to see colorful films appear in Albania at that time.
The general plot of "Early Spring" tells the story of a group of Albanian underground workers blowing up the enemy's arsenal.
But in this process, there are many difficulties. First of all, how to bring explosives into the arsenal is a big problem. To this end, these underground workers pretended to be repairmen, entered enemy bases, and took advantage of the defects of lax monitoring of the docks to bring explosives into the arsenal.
However, before the detonation mission was completed, their actions were discovered by the enemy. At a critical moment, the hero stepped forward and took on all the responsibilities. In the end, he died with his own life, along with the enemy and the arsenal.
The rhythm of the video is very tense, and it should be the type that the audience loves to watch. In addition, I think the interpretation of emotions in the film is also very sincere.
Especially after the hero's death, his fiancée looked in the distance sadly, heartbroken. The ending like
is very intriguing.
However, not many viewers have watched this movie. Because at that time, China-Arab relations had reversed, which quickly disappeared from everyone's eyes.
"Early Spring" like many Albanian movies has many flaws such as exaggerated and unreal plot, stiff transitions and abrupt transitions.
From Albanian movies, it is very interesting to watch the development of this country.
During World War II, it was successively occupied by Italy and Nazi Germany. It was not until November 29, 1944 that the country was liberated. After the end of World War II, Albania received economic and technical assistance from the former Soviet Union, and this assistance lasted for 15 years.
However, international relations are changing rapidly. As time entered the fifties and sixties, relations between the Soviet Union and Albania deteriorated sharply. In 1961, the Soviet Union stopped economic and military aid to Afghanistan, and in December of the same year, the Soviet Union interrupted diplomatic relations with Albania.
At that time, China-Arab relations were still good. During the three-year natural disaster period and the economy is in a very difficult situation, our country still provides a lot of assistance to Albania. However, Albania's approach is really heartbreaking.
At that time, the people of our country were frugal and transported a large amount of steel, equipment and instruments to Albania, but they did not care and cherish it. And the lion even spoke up, asking for this and that. It is really a desire to be greedy for Sichuan, but the desires are hard to fill.
Our country has provided Albania with 24 years of assistance, but what we received is not "a drop of water must be repaid with a spring of water", but accusations and complaints.
In January 1997, civil unrest occurred in Albania, and the economic crisis immediately broke out in full swing, and the situation across the country was completely out of control. This country, once known as the "beacon of Europe", became the poorest country in Europe almost overnight.
Therefore, everything has a cause and a result.
I have to say that this is really a magical country.
Once upon a time, it was ravaged by the great powers, and they also resisted. We can see these in old movies such as "I'd rather die than surrender". But they do not seem to learn how to "improve themselves", but like to be "fencemen" and sway left and right. Who would like such "speculators"?
Today, when we watch the Albanian films of that year, it is a pity. These movies once allowed us to understand the miserable history of Albania. At the same time, it also opens a window for us to look at the world.
However, when we truly enter this world, we find that it is completely different from our imagination.
Where are eternal friends between countries? Only eternal interests.
Just like today's Albania, they all turned their attention to the countries that were enemies of them in World War II. This reminds me of the line in the movie "Footprints" "Our descendants will envy our difficult times, and this era is equivalent to a century."
When we revisit these movies, we find that Albania has long forgotten that era.
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