Synopsis
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.
Key facts
Cast
Didi Perego, Emmanuelle Riva, Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff
Original language
Italian
Production companies
Vides Cinematografica
Crew
Screenplay
Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas
Cinematography
Aleksandar Sekulovic
Editing
Roberto Cinquini
Music
Carlo Rustichelli
Trailer
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Festival History
- Academy Awards 1961 academy_award
- Golden Globes (Italy) 1961 generic
- Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists 1961 generic
- Mar del Plata International Film Festival 1961 generic
Soundtracks
| 7" vinyl | Kapò (1960) | 1 release, 1960: RCA Italiana |
| CD | Kapò (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack In Full Stereo) - Carlo Rustichelli, Gillo Pontecorvo (2006) | 1 release, 2006: Digitmovies |
Versions & editions
| Original version (Italian) |
Full credits
| Director | Gillo Pontecorvo |
| Cast | Didi Perego, Emmanuelle Riva, Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff |
| Screenplay | Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas |
| Cinematography | Aleksandar Sekulovic |
| Editing | Roberto Cinquini |
| Music | Carlo Rustichelli |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
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