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Kapò is a 1959 Italian black-and-white war drama film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo. The screenplay was written by Pontecorvo and Franco Solinas, with production by Franco Cristaldi. The cast includes Susan Strasberg, Didi Perego, Laurent Terzieff, and Emmanuelle Riva. The film’s main subject is World War II and the Holocaust. It originates from Italy, Yugoslavia, and France.
The movie has a runtime of 117 minutes according to TMDb and 116 minutes according to IMDb. Carlo Rustichelli composed the music, while Piero Gherardi served as production designer. Roberto Cinquini edited the film. It was distributed by Cineriz and Netflix via video on demand. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Review scores include 5.4 out of 10 and 57% on one platform, and 6.9 and 7.6 on others.
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Vinony's link graph records 114 inbound references to Kapò, and connects out to list of Italian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Paris and Zagreb.
Vinony files it under 1960 films, 1960 Italian-language films and Films directed by Gillo Pontecorvo.
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6.9Determined 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.
Cast
- Susan Strasberg as Edith
- Laurent Terzieff as Sascha
- Emmanuelle Riva as Terese
- Didi Perego as Sofia
- Gianni Garko as Karl
- Annabella Besi as Carole
Themes
- concentration camp
- holocaust (shoah)
- communists
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- Italian
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Gillo Pontecorvo
- Screenwriter
- Franco Solinas
- Cast member
- Dragomir Felba
- Composer
- Carlo Rustichelli
- Producer
- Franco Cristaldi
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 888279
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- Kapò
- production designer
- Piero Gherardi
- color
- black-and-white
- film editor
- Roberto Cinquini
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 57%
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