{"id":7819,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/sotiraq-cili-2\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:47","slug":"sotiraq-cili-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/sotiraq-cili-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotiraq \u00c7ili"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So<\/span>t<\/span>iraq<\/span> Çili<\/span>, a successful ac<\/span>t<\/span>or of <\/span>t<\/span>he “Andon Zako <\/span>Çajupi<\/span>” <\/span>t<\/span>hea<\/span>t<\/span>er in <\/span>Korça<\/span> and of Albanian cinema<\/span>t<\/span>ography, passed away. He was born in <\/span>Korça<\/span> in 1942 and s<\/span>t<\/span>udied ac<\/span>t<\/span>ing a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he High <\/span>Ins<\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>u<\/span>t<\/span>e of Ar<\/span>t<\/span>s. For many years, he was an ac<\/span>t<\/span>or a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he “Andon Zako <\/span>Ç<\/span>ajupi<\/span>” <\/span>t<\/span>hea<\/span>t<\/span>er in <\/span>Korça<\/span>, con<\/span>t<\/span>ribu<\/span>t<\/span>ing significan<\/span>t<\/span>ly <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>t<\/span>he his<\/span>t<\/span>ory of <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Korçar<\/span> t<\/span>hea<\/span>t<\/span>er. However, he is be<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>er known for his work in cinema<\/span>t<\/span>ography, where he had a considerable presence in Albanian films. He began his film career wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he role of a German<\/span> officer in <\/span>t<\/span>he 1968 film “Pri<\/span>t<\/span>a” (“Ambush”) and wen<\/span>t<\/span> on <\/span>t<\/span>o fea<\/span>t<\/span>ure in several no<\/span>t<\/span>able produc<\/span>t<\/span>ions, including “<\/span>Mon<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>orja<\/span>” (“<\/span>T<\/span>he Assembler”) (1970) as a cons<\/span>t<\/span>ruc<\/span>t<\/span>ion brigadier, “Flamur <\/span>në<\/span> dallgë<\/span>” (“Flag in <\/span>t<\/span>he Wave”) (1977) as Colonel Karar, “<\/span>Një<\/span> udhë<\/span>t<\/span>im<\/span> i<\/span> vësh<\/span>t<\/span>irë<\/span>” (“A Difficul<\/span>t<\/span> Journey”) (1977), “<\/span>He<\/span>t<\/span>imi<\/span> vazhdon<\/span>” (“<\/span>T<\/span>he Inves<\/span>t<\/span>iga<\/span>t<\/span>ion Con<\/span>t<\/span>inues”) (1977), “<\/span>T<\/span>omka <\/span>dhe<\/span> shokë<\/span>t<\/span> e <\/span>t<\/span>ij<\/span>” (“<\/span>T<\/span>omka and His Friends”) (1977) as <\/span>T<\/span>omorri<\/span>, “<\/span>Gjeneral<\/span> gramafoni<\/span>” (“General Gramophone”) (1978), “Pas <\/span>Gjurmëve<\/span>” (“Af<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>T<\/span>races”<\/span>) (1978) as Guri, “<\/span>Për<\/span>t<\/span>ej<\/span> mureve<\/span> t<\/span>ë<\/span> gur<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>” (“Beyond <\/span>t<\/span>he Walls of S<\/span>t<\/span>ones”) (1979), “<\/span>Karnavale<\/span>t<\/span>” (“Carnivals”) (1979), and “<\/span>Kronikë<\/span> e <\/span>një<\/span> na<\/span>t<\/span>e<\/span>” (“Chronicle of a Nigh<\/span>t<\/span>”) (1990) as Nikolaj. <\/span>So<\/span>t<\/span>iraq<\/span> Çili<\/span> had a dis<\/span>t<\/span>inc<\/span>t<\/span>ive in<\/span>t<\/span>erpre<\/span>t<\/span>a<\/span>t<\/span>ive s<\/span>t<\/span>yle charac<\/span>t<\/span>erized by a<\/span> na<\/span>t<\/span>uralness <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> sough<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>o reveal <\/span>t<\/span>he organic behavior of his charac<\/span>t<\/span>ers, of<\/span>t<\/span>en op<\/span>t<\/span>ing <\/span>t<\/span>o minimize drama<\/span>t<\/span>iza<\/span>t<\/span>ion during momen<\/span>t<\/span>s of <\/span>t<\/span>urmoil and resen<\/span>t<\/span>men<\/span>t<\/span>. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span>o: <\/span>So<\/span>t<\/span>iraq<\/span><\/em> Chile<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/<\/span>mubi.com\/cas<\/span>t<\/span>\/so<\/span>t<\/span>iraq-cili<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Sotiraq \u00c7ili, a successful actor of the “Andon Zako \u00c7ajupi” theater in Kor\u00e7\u00eb and of Albanian cinema, passed away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11380,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7819\/revisions\/11380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}