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Stories Set in Albania
Albania is a mountainous Balkan country on the Adriatic, sealed off for decades. Bunkers dot its coasts and old honor codes linger in the highlands — Europe's most closed society opened all at once, and arms dealers noticed first. War Dogs dealt here; The Expendables 2 shot up here. Open Albania on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
Open Albania on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Albania
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Browse 9 books, 18 movies and 1 game set in Albania.

War Dogs
Based on the true story of two young men David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

The Expendables 2
Mr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck but when one of their men is murdered on the job their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.

Eternity and a Day
An ailing Greek man attempts to take a young illegal Albanian immigrant home.

Besa: The Promise
A documentary exploring how Albanians including many Muslims helped and sheltered Jewish refugees during WWII at their own risk and trying to help the son of an Albanian baker that housed a Jewish family for a year…

Lamerica
Fiore an Italian conman arrives in post Communist Albania with Gino his young apprentice to set up a shoe factory that will never open. The con requires a native Albanian so they designate Spiro an impoverished and…

The Nest
Laborie is a high-flying officer in the French special forces. Her mission is to escort Abedin Nexhep a godfather of the Albanian mafia. Charged with heading a wide-reaching prostitution network this formidable criminal…

The Forgiveness of Blood
A seventeen-year-old boy and his younger sister’s dreams and aspirations are put on hold when their father is accused of murder.

The Great Warrior Skanderbeg
A biography of George Kastriot Skanderbeg widely known as Skanderbeg a 15th-century Albanian lord who defended his land against the Ottoman Empire for more than two decades.

The Camp Followers
In WWII Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.

Yellow Devil
When a villain named "the Shoot" terrorizes the constituents of Albanian country which he rules. Heroic Kara Ben Nemsi (Lex Barker) and his sidekick are the only ones who can stop him
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