Bekim Fehmiu asked to play Skenderbe, but his role was rejected

As opposed to being one of the largest art figures on Albanian soil, none of the institutions have made any arrangements to remember the work of the great actor, broadcast Indesksonline.

In an interview for Anadolu Agency, the renowned publicist and journalist Fahri Musliu spoke about the life and work of Fehmiu.

The life of Bekim is interesting because he was born in Sarajevo, where his family emigrated after being persecuted by then Yugoslav power, but then also by the King Zog of Albania, because of political activities that his father, Ibrahim Fehmiu, has been a great educational worker and a man with general human visions”, Musliu says.

In addition, the Albanian publicist explained why Fehmiu failed to penetrate Hollywood.

Because of American journalists' film review and political causes, Bekim failed to penetrate Hollywood in the way he thought he would, even though he has reached his peak in the movie what the actors of the former communist systems failed to achieve. Bekim is the first actor from the communist world to enter the West”, Musliu said, adding that from the criticism of the American media Fehmiu was praised as an actor who does not give up on communist “ideology”, Musliu says.

Albanian journalist explained how Fehmiu had asked him to play in Skenderbeu's film, but for ideological reasons, his role had been rejected.

Bekim has not been able to accept playing somewhere where there's no professionalism, honesty and responsibility. He made an effort to play in the movie When spring is delayed, seven months he worked in that movie as an actor and director, but watching the games done behind the curtain he gave up. He's been trying to play in another film about Earthman, but it's been a game where the purpose was material profit. ”

His next “Deservation has been to play Skenderbeun, but the Albanian government in the 1970s makes the decision that the role of Skenderbeu will be played by a Russian actor, not Albanian, due to ideological reasons, because Bekim has criticised then policy in Albania and praised Yugoslavia's politics because of economic, cultural and all areas of life”, Musliu points out.

In addition, Musliu explained why Fehmiu is not very famous in Albanian youth.

Unfortunately Bekim Fehmiu in international circles, those Yugoslavs are speaking Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, European circles, especially in Italy, are highly regarded as one of the biggest Balkan actors. However, in Albanian space it is not appreciated and is in some way ignored, especially by power, be it central or local. Albanian youth everywhere do not know who Bekim Fehmiu” is, Musliu says.

Bekim Fehmiu is the first actor to play Hollywood during the Cold War. It in the 1960s reaped success of one after another by playing in big films like “Even Met Happy Gypsies”, “Dino De Laurentis” and“The Odyssey”.

He was also nominated for the award "Oscar." During his career he played in about 50 films.