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Before he left his mark on cinema forever with the revolutionary The Battle of Algiers, Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo directed this audacious World War II drama about a young Jewish woman (Susan Strasberg) in a Nazi concentration camp, who saves herself from death by assuming another’s identity and becoming a ruthless warden. The Oscar-nominated Kapò was one of the first films to depict the horror of the Holocaust, and it does so with brutality and daring emotional complexity.
Original Release
09/29/1960
US Release
06/01/1964
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Susan Strasberg | Edith, alias Nicole Niepas / Edith |
| Laurent Terzieff | Sascha |
| Emmanuelle Riva | Terese |
| Didi Perego | Sofia |
| Gianni Garko | Karl, German Soldier / Karl |
| Annabella Besi | |
| Graziella Galvani | |
| Paola Pitagora | |
| Eleonora Bellinzaghi | |
| Bruno Scipioni |
Directors
Writers
Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas, Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Susan Strasberg | Edith, alias Nicole Niepas / Edith |
| Laurent Terzieff | Sascha |
| Emmanuelle Riva | Terese |
| Didi Perego | Sofia |
| Gianni Garko | Karl, German Soldier / Karl |
| Annabella Besi | |
| Graziella Galvani | |
| Paola Pitagora | |
| Eleonora Bellinzaghi | |
| Bruno Scipioni | |
| Dragomir Felba | (as Felba Dragomir) |
| Mira Dinulović | |
| Semka Sokolovic-Bertok | (as Semca Sokolovic) |
| Dirjana Dojic | (as Dirjana Dojc) |
| Graziella Durano | Bit part |
| Rastislav Jović | Prisoner |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Franco Cristaldi | Producer |
| Moris Ergas | Producer |
Editors
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1961 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
