Kapo

Name: Kapo
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1960
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.9

1960 · 117 min

Drama · War

★ 6.9

Criterion

Trailer

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.

Crew

Director Gillo Pontecorvo
Screenplay Franco Solinas
Screenplay Gillo Pontecorvo
Director of Photography Aleksandar Sekulović

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
E
Eleonora Bellinzaghi
Bruno Scipioni
Dragomir Felba
M
Mira Dinulović

Crew

Director — Gillo Pontecorvo
Screenplay — Franco Solinas
Screenplay — Gillo Pontecorvo
Director of Photography — Aleksandar Sekulović

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