Kapo

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Kapo (1960)

Directed by Gillo Pontecorvo

Drama, War · 1h 57m

Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission is to ruthlessly guard other prisoners.

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Cast

Susan Strasberg Edith Laurent Terzieff Sascha Emmanuelle Riva Terese Didi Perego Sofia Gianni Garko Karl
A
Annabella Besi Carole Graziella Galvani Isabelle Paola Pitagora Georgette
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Eleonora Bellinzaghi Bruno Scipioni Dragomir Felba
M
Mira Dinulović

Crew

Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
Screenplay
Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
Director of Photography
Aleksandar Sekulović
Original Music Composer
Gillo Pontecorvo, Carlo Rustichelli
Editor
Roberto Cinquini
Producer
Moris Ergas

Details

Original title
Kapò
Release date
1960-09-27
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Drama, War
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Russian, German, Italian, Polish
Countries
France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Production
Cineriz, Francinex, Vides Cinematografica, Lovćen film, Zebra Film