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How Norman Wisdom became Albania's favourite movie star

You’ve heard of movie stars breaking America, and we know some obscure entertainment acts often make it big in Japan, but have you ever heard of anyone being big in Albania? The little country in the Eastern Bloc only has a population of 2.7 million, so they’re not exactly known for producing homegrown talent that shines on the international stage. Albania wasn’t really a fun place to live in the second half of the 20th century.