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A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Dragomir Felba
- Salomon Lejtman
- (as Felba Dragomir)
Semka Sokolovic-Bertok
- Prisoner
- (as Semca Sokolovic)
Dirjana Dojic
- Ninette
- (as Dirjana Dojc)
Graziella Durano
- Bit part
- (uncredited)
Sima Janicijevic
- Doctor who changes Edith's name
- (uncredited)
Rastislav Jovic
- Yanko Milovich
- (uncredited)
Dusan Perkovic
- Commandant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGillo Pontecorvo's favorite of his own movies.
- GoofsIn the opening scene, Edith walks past some shops on her way back home. One of the shops look like it belongs to the booming 1950s than the more austere WWII period. There is a toy car or baby push car in the store window that shows the typical car design of the 1950s.
- Quotes
Edith, alias Nicole Niepas: [to Sasha] Your mother won't like me, I'm not a good girl, and my name's not Nicole, I'm a Jew.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth (1992)
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Incredible Story
I've never really liked holocaust flicks because they get well, usually made so that the dumbest of the dumb to 'get it.' Kapo is just a movie that shows, not tells, which of course makes the best story. Thanks to TCM for playing this gem that I'll buy on DVD as soon as it comes out. I'd never even heard of it, and I have seen a LOT of flicks.
Susan Strasburg does an incredible job as Nicollete / Edith. Her transformation from shell-shocked victim to cynical survivor is absolutely gripping. The tension in the movie builds to nearly unbearable level and the end simply leaves you scooping your jaw off the floor.
This is the type of movie I sorely needed after going on a loooong dry spell of celluloid garbage. Why this movie isn't famous, I have no idea, but it should be.
Susan Strasburg does an incredible job as Nicollete / Edith. Her transformation from shell-shocked victim to cynical survivor is absolutely gripping. The tension in the movie builds to nearly unbearable level and the end simply leaves you scooping your jaw off the floor.
This is the type of movie I sorely needed after going on a loooong dry spell of celluloid garbage. Why this movie isn't famous, I have no idea, but it should be.
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- taibunsuu-1
- May 14, 2005
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- Runtime1 hour 56 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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