Sandër Prosi (Aleksandër), actor of theater and cinema, People’s Artist, was born in Tirana. He completed high school in his hometown. In 1941, he played the role of Wilhelm Tell in Friedrich Schiller’s drama, which was not allowed to be staged by the fascist authorities. He started working as an actor in the People’s Theater in 1948. He played in Albanian dramas: “Toka jonë” (“Ou land”) (Kolë Jakova), “Furrnalta” (“The furnace”) (Ruzhdi Pulaha), “Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur” (“The general of the dead army”) (based on the novel by Ismail Kadare, dramatized by Pirro Mani), and in dramas from foreign literature: “Hamlet”, “Othello”, “Intrigue and love” etc. As an artist in the field of cinematography, he skillfully performed important roles in many films, such as: “Gjenerali i ushtrisë së vdekur” (“The general of the dead army”), “Udha e shkronjave” (“The way of letters”), “Në fillim të verës”(“At the beginning of summer”), “Nëntori i dytë” (“The second november”) etc. Sandër Prosi performed more than 100 roles on stage and on screen, where he created characters such as: Dhaskal Todri, Ismail Qemal Vlora, Jaho Labi, Othello, Horati, etc. He was an actor mainly of the tragic-dramatic plane, with a warm voice, calm movements, fluent words; he mainly excelled in the drawing of epic-heroic figures, of leaders or simple noble people with a rich spiritual world, who accept sacrifice. He passed away in 1985. (In the photo: Sandër Prosi)
Text: Albanian encyclopedic dictionary – Vol. 3 , Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kristalina-KH”, Tirana, 2009, page 2114.
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