Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Kapo

Italy Gillo Pontecarvo

Very powerful story of a young Jewish girl who manages to hide her identity after being arrested with her family, survives as a sex slave to a German officer and becomes a kapo...whose job it is to keep a tight rein on her fellow prisoners.

Marred somewhat by everyone speaking and behaving like Italians. All players were too fit and fed. Still this was a major production with excellent production values, sets, numbers, etc. The personal drama was quite moving and the final sequence was wrenching...would have been doubly so in 1959 when this film was originally released.

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