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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.
Released: 1960-09-27117 minDir: Gillo PontecorvoDrama, War
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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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- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 888279
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- title
- Kapò
- review score
- 57%
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Categories
1960 films1960 Italian-language filmsFilms directed by Gillo PontecorvoFilms scored by Carlo RustichelliFilms shot in CroatiaFrench black-and-white filmsHolocaust filmsItalian black-and-white filmsItalian-language war drama filmsItalian war drama filmsItalian World War II filmsJadran Film filmsKapos (concentration camp)Template film date with 4 release datesYugoslav black-and-white filmsYugoslav war drama filmsYugoslav World War II films