Kapo (1960)
Kapò
116 min
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.
- Release date
- September 27, 1960
- Country of origin
- Italy, France, Serbia
Where to watch
Subscription
Criterion Channel
Trailer
Cast
- Susan Strasberg as Edith
- Laurent Terzieff as Sascha
- Emmanuelle Riva as Thérèse
- Didi Perego as Sofia
- Gianni Garko as Karl- il soldato tedesco
- Annabella Besi as Carole
- Graziella Galvani as Isabelle
- Paola Pitagora as Georgette
- Eleonora Bellinzaghi
- Bruno Scipioni
- Dragomir Felba
- Semka Sokolovic-Bertok
- Sima Janicijevic
- Rastislav Jovic
- Dusan Perkovic
- Susan Strasberg as Nicole Niepas
Crew
- Gillo Pontecorvo · Director
- Franco Solinas · Writer
- Gillo Pontecorvo · Writer
- Franco Cristaldi · Producer
- Moris Ergas · Producer
- Carlo Rustichelli · Composer
- Aleksandar Sekulovic · Cinematographer
- Roberto Cinquini · Editor
- Aleksandar Milovic · Production designer