Released Date:
1960-09-29
Languages:
Italian, German, Russian, Polish
Countries:
Italy, France, Yugoslavia
Runtime:
116 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (1148 Reviews)
Director:
Gillo PontecorvoGillo Pontecorvo
Franco Solinas
Kapo is a black and white film that tells the story of a Jewish teenager sent to a concentration camp together with her parents. She manages to survive with the help of a Jewish doctor who gives her the identity of another woman who had died recently. Thus, Edith becomes Nicole and she is no longer a Jew, at least not in the papers. At first she is very sad about her parents' death but as time passed she realized she had to get out of that mood if she wanted to survive. So, she accepts an affair with a German officer even if she is only 14 and she starts getting privileges, becoming with time a Kapo, one of the women prisoners who were in charge with disciplining the other women. She knows it's the only way to survive but same time she lives in deep remorse even though she never shows any feelings.
Released Date:
1962-06-30
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
92 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.9 (83 Reviews)
Genres:
DramaValentino Orsini (story)
Paolo Taviani (story)
Vittorio Taviani (story)
Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker...
Released Date:
1969-05-23
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
115 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (533 Reviews)
Director:
Sidney LumetGenres:
DramaAntonio Leonviola (story)
James Salter (screenplay)
The lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to believe that his wife Carla in secret is Rome's highest paid prostitute.
Released Date:
1963-02-15
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
95 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (45 Reviews)
Director:
Antonio PietrangeliGenres:
ComedyBruna Piatti (novel)
Bruna Piatti
Ruggero Maccari
Antonio Pietrangeli
Ettore Scola
Stefano Strucchi
Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino and makes up her mind to join him. But he has found a new lover.
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