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Kapò

Play trailer Poster for Kapò 1964,  1h 56m,  Drama/ History Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 57% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 86% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
57% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 86% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
A prisoner (Susan Strasberg) in a concentration camp collaborates with her Nazi captors in order to survive.

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Bosley Crowther New York Times May 6, 2006
1.5/5
Kapo goes completely kaput. Go to Full Review
Christopher Lloyd The Film Yap Jun 9, 2025
4.5/5
Susan Strasberg is a Jewish girl who passes herself off as a thief to escape the Nazi death camps, only to wind up as a concentration camp guard in this arresting, largely forgotten film. Go to Full Review
Penelope Gilliatt Observer (UK) Mar 6, 2024
Rooted as it is in the truth, the film cannot be anything but pitiful, but the manufactured sentiment is that much more affronting. Go to Full Review
Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel Jan 31, 2020
4/5
At its best, the film offers the clear-eyed objectivity of a journalist, while still establishing a moral outrage. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Oct 23, 2014
B-
Curious Holocaust film. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Apr 15, 2010
... the documentary detail of the physical recreation and the matter-of-fact evocation of life under such conditions gives it a power beyond the plot... Go to Full Review
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Finn S Feb 19, 2018 A well made film, but do we need to fictionalize the holocaust with cliche in order to get a point across?
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Kapò

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Cast & Crew

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Gillo Pontecorvo

Director

Susan Strasberg

Edith

Laurent Terzieff

Sascha

Emmanuelle Riva

Terese

Didi Perego

Sofia

Gianni Garko

Karl

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Kapò

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Movie Info

Synopsis A prisoner (Susan Strasberg) in a concentration camp collaborates with her Nazi captors in order to survive.
Director
Gillo Pontecorvo
Producer
Morris Ergas, Franco Cristaldi
Screenwriter
Gillo Pontecorvo, Franco Solinas
Distributor
Lionex Films Inc.
Production Co
Cineriz, Vides Cinematografica, Zebra Film
Genre
Drama, History
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 1, 1964, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 12, 2018
Runtime
1h 56m
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