Kapo (1960)
September 27, 1960Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Susan Strasberg
Edith
Laurent Terzieff
Sascha
Emmanuelle Riva
Terese
Didi Perego
Sofia
Gianni Garko
Karl
Annabella Besi
Carole
Graziella Galvani
Isabelle
Paola Pitagora
Georgette
Eleonora Bellinzaghi
Bruno Scipioni
Dragomir Felba
Franco Cristaldi
Producer
Gillo Pontecorvo
Director / Screenplay / Original Music Composer
Moris Ergas
Producer
Carlo Rustichelli
Original Music Composer
Aleksandar Sekulović
Director of Photography
Roberto Cinquini
Editor
Aleksandar Milović
Production Design
Anna Cristofani
Hairstylist
Otello Fava
Makeup Artist
Vasilije Brajović
Assistant Director
Antonio Musu
Production Manager
Rodolfo Martello
Unit Manager
Fausto Ancillai
Sound
Sandro Occhetti
Sound
Carlo Di Palma
Second Unit Director of Photography
Franco Solinas
Screenplay
Giuliano Montaldo
Co-Director
Marcello Gatti
Camera Operator
Goffredo Bellisario
Camera Operator
Piero Gherardi
Production Design
Vito Anzalone
Set Decoration
Dragan Marković
Unit Manager
Anna Maria Montanari
Script Supervisor
Andrea Fantacci
Production Secretary
Clara Poggi
Seamstress
Angelo Zambo
Set Decoration
Giovanni Mayer
Set Decoration
Cataldo Di Girolamo
Key Grip
Vittorugo Contino
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 27, 1960
Original NameKapò
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Genres
Wiki.
Kapò (Italian: [kaˈpɔ]) is a 1960 historical war drama film directed and co-written by Gillo Pontecorvo. It was one of the first narrative films to deal explicitly with the subject of the Holocaust, with graphic depictions of concentration camps which made it controversial at the time. A co-production of Italian, French, and Yugoslavian companies, the film stars American actress Susan Strasberg, along with Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva, Didi Perego and Gianni Garko. The title refers to a prisoner functionary in the Nazi concentration camps.
The film premiered at the 21st Venice International Film Festival, and was released to Italian theatres on September 29, 1960. It received mixed reviews from critics. While some praised the filmmaking, others, particularly Jacques Rivette, criticized Pontecorvo's decision to dramatize the Holocaust, unprecedented at the time. In the United States, the film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film.