Films by Philip Vogt

Germany 2009, 82 min
by Philip Vogt

Zef Sokoli is the Bajraktar of the Dukagjin - "he who holds the flag", who calls his men together with a rifle shot and leads them to war when someone threatens his mountain villages in Northern Albania. He still receives members of various tribes in the house of his ancestors, mediating between them when there are arguments - or another blood feud. But his kingdom is falling apart. More and more mountain people feel the call of the valleys. Even the Bajraktar's heirs, his three sons, are down i