Kapò
1960 Italian film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo
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Summary
Kapò is a film[1]. Kapò ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,244 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Gillo Pontecorvo[3]
- Screenwriter: Gillo Pontecorvo[4], Franco Solinas[5]
- Composer: Carlo Rustichelli[6]
- Genre: war film[7], drama film[8]
- Cast member: Susan Strasberg[9], Didi Perego[10], Laurent Terzieff[11], Emmanuelle Riva[12], Gianni Garko[13], Paola Pitagora[14], Graziella Galvani[15], Bruno Scipioni[16], Dragomir Felba[17]
- Producer: Franco Cristaldi[18]
- Depicts: identification in Nazi camps[19]
- Production company: Vides Cinematografica[20]
- Director of photography: Aleksandar Sekulović[21]
- Original language of film or TV show: Italian[22]
- Distribution format: video on demand[23]
- Review score: 5.4/10[24], 57%[25]
- Color: black-and-white[26]
- Country of origin: Italy[27], Yugoslavia[28], France[29]
- Publication date: January 1, 1959[30]
- Distributed by: Cineriz[31], Netflix[32]
- Narrative location: France[33]
- Filming location: Zagreb[34], Yugoslavia[35]
- Main subject: World War II[36], The Holocaust[37], Kapo[38], concentration camp[39]
- Inspired by: If This Is a Man[40]
- Film editor: Roberto Cinquini[41]
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[42], International Submission to the Academy Awards[43]
- Title: Kapò[44]
- Duration: 116 minutes[45]
- Set in period: World War II[46], 20th century[47], 1940s[48], 1943[49], 1945[50]
Why It Matters
Kapò has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] Kapò is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]