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Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Determined to survive at any price, Edith, a young Jewish woman deported to an extermination camp, manages to survive by accepting the role of kapo, a privileged prisoner whose mission is to ruthlessly guard other prisoners.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes57%
Audiences rate it 19 points higher than critics do.
81 audience votes
Key crew
- Gillo PontecorvoDirector
- Gillo PontecorvoOriginal Music Composer
- Carlo RustichelliOriginal Music Composer
- Franco SolinasScreenplay
- Gillo PontecorvoScreenplay
Cast
- Susan StrasbergEdith
- Laurent TerzieffSascha
- Emmanuelle RivaTerese
- Didi PeregoSofia
- Gianni GarkoKarl
- Annabella BesiCarole
- Graziella GalvaniIsabelle
- Paola PitagoraGeorgette
- Eleonora BellinzaghiCast
- Bruno ScipioniCast
- Dragomir FelbaCast
- Mira DinulovićCast
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Themes
concentration campholocaust (shoah)communists