Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

NATIONAL

DODA – THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF FRANZ BARON NOPCSA

North Macedonia
2016 — 107' / Color

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Synopsis

The Viennese scholar who almost became King of Albania! James Bond, Indiana Jones, Lawrence of Arabia altogether, inspired by Karl May. Franz Baron Nopcsa wrote 180 books and articles and managed to publish around 150. Pure science from many domains. A politician, a spy, a military man, he was doing diplomatic work in Romania, Macedonia, Albania… as one Italian scientist said about Nopcsa: “he was like a comet, going very fast and bringing light to others”. This documentary is about his life and adventures, together with his partner and secretary, Bayazid Elmas Doda.

Director Biography

Visar Vishka was born on January 17, 1977 in Gostivar, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. He is an actor and writer, known for Legends (2014), Shanghai Gypsy (2012) and A Small Time/Space Discontinuum (2014).

Director

Visar Vishka

Producer

Visar Vishka

Cinematographer

Filip Kondovski

Editor

Zoran Chanevski

Contact

VIS production
Belicica 53,
1230 Gostivar, Macedonia
+3897-139-7969
[email protected]