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Kapo

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.

1h 57m1960TMDb 6.9

DramaWar

Italian

Crew and Cast

Gillo PontecorvoGillo PontecorvoDirectorSusan StrasbergSusan StrasbergEdithLaurent TerzieffLaurent TerzieffSaschaEmmanuelle RivaEmmanuelle RivaTereseDidi PeregoDidi PeregoSofiaGianni GarkoGianni GarkoKarl
Annabella BesiCaroleGraziella GalvaniGraziella GalvaniIsabellePaola PitagoraPaola PitagoraGeorgette
Eleonora BellinzaghiBruno ScipioniBruno ScipioniDragomir FelbaDragomir Felba
Mira DinulovićSemka Sokolović-BertokSemka Sokolović-BertokSima JanićijevićSima JanićijevićRastislav JovićRastislav Jović
Dušan Perković

Storyline

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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Info

Original title
Kapò
Status
Released
Released
27 September 1960
Runtime
1h 57m
TMDB score
6.9 / 10 (82 votes)

Production

Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
Writers
Franco Solinas, Gillo Pontecorvo
Studios
Cineriz, Francinex, Vides Cinematografica
Countries
France, Italy, Yugoslavia

Languages

Original
Italian
Spoken
Russian, German, Italian, Polish