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Kapò (1960)

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A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations. See more awards »
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Complete credited cast:
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Edith, alias Nicole Niepas
Laurent Terzieff ...
Sascha
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Terese
Didi Perego ...
Sofia
Gianni Garko ...
Karl, German Soldier
Annabella Besi
Graziella Galvani
Eleonora Bellinzaghi
Bruno Scipioni
Dragomir Felba ...
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Mira Dinulovic
Semka Sokolovic-Bertok ...
(as Semca Sokolic)
Dirjana Dojic
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A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.

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One of six million UNTOLD stories WE DARE NOT FORGET!

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29 September 1960 (Italy)  »

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A kápó  »

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Edith, alias Nicole Niepas: [dying words] They screwed us over, Karl, they screwed us both over.
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Featured in Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992) See more »

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Excellent Character Study of Lost Innocence
4 February 2005 | by (Las Vegas, Nevada) – See all my reviews

Quite an excellent character study of what people will do to survive. Although not as powerful as other prisoner of war films such as "Seven Beauties" it stands out because of the performances of all the women and especially Susan Strasberg who does a magnificent job starting out as the young innocent girl, hiding the fact that she is Jewish, a bewildering task, and her agonizing evolution into a hardened guard.

Don't look for huge sets and gruesome scenes of gas chambers and ovens here. It's not that type of film. It's a simple story of the slow chipping away of humanity that dire conditions force. Dignity and nobility give way to cruelty and inhumanity and simple survival becomes a thing to justify as time goes on. By telling this type of story through the eyes of a young impressionable person is excellent.


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