Directed by:
Gillo PontecorvoCinematography:
Aleksandar SekulovicComposer:
Carlo RustichelliCast:
Susan Strasberg, Laurent Terzieff, Emmanuelle Riva, Didi Perego, Paola Pitagora, Gianni Garko, Graziella Galvani, Dragomir Felba, Bruno ScipioniPlots(1)
The French/Italian/Yugoslav concentration camp drama KAPO stars Susan Strasberg, who several years earlier had originated the title role in the Broadway production The Diary of Anne Frank. Here, Ms. Strasberg is once again a European Jewish teenager victimized by the Nazis. Interred in a concentration camp, Strasberg is befriended by the camp's kindly doctor, who helps her hide her true identity and work as a camp guard, or "kapo." Unfortunately, Strasberg's new found power goes to her head, and her abuse of that power is very nearly on the same level as the Nazis. Brought down to earth by the death of a close friend, Strasberg spearheads an escape attempt, sacrificing her own life in the process. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Susan Strasberg
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Kapò (1959)
Taste of Fear (1961)
Laurent Terzieff
France
Best movies:
Kapò (1959)
Father's Trip (1966)
Germinal (1993)
Emmanuelle Riva
France
Best movies:
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Hiroshima, My Love (1959)
Les Risques du métier (1967)
Didi Perego
Italy
Best movies:
Kapò (1959)
Everybody Go Home (1960)
Che gioia vivere (1961)
Paola Pitagora
Italy
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Cleopatra (1963)
Fists in the Pocket (1965)
Gianni Garko
Italy
Graziella Galvani
Italy
Best movies:
Kapò (1959)
The Terrace (1980)
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
Dragomir Felba
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
The Desperado Trail (1965)
Time of Miracles (1989)
Kapò (1959)
Bruno Scipioni
Italy
Best movies:
The Organiser (1963)
Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
Kapò (1959)