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    Kapo 1960 POSTER

    Kapo

    1960

    Italian

    7.6

    10

    57%

    84%

    Action

    communists

    concentration camp

    Drama

    holocaust

    holocaust (shoah)

    War

    Gillo Pontecorvo Gillo Pontecorvo Director Eleonora Bellinzaghi Eleonora Bellinzaghi as Dragomir Felba Dragomir Felba as (as Felba Dragomir) Dusan Perkovic Dusan Perkovic as Commandant Susan Strasberg Susan Strasberg as Edith, alias Nicole Niepas
    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.
    Burn! 1969 POSTER

    Burn!

    1969

    Italian

    7.1

    6

    80%

    80%

    Action

    bank

    Drama

    island

    rebel

    rebellion

    revolution

    slavery

    War

    Gillo Pontecorvo Gillo Pontecorvo Director Dana Ghia Dana Ghia as Francesca Sam Gilman Sam Gilman as Man on the ship Marlon Brando Marlon Brando as Sir William Walker Herbert Jefferson Jr. Herbert Jefferson Jr. as (uncredited)
    The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.
    The Battle of Algiers 1966 POSTER

    The Battle of Algiers

    1966

    Italian

    8.1

    38

    99%

    95%

    Action

    algerian

    bomb

    Drama

    government

    insurrection

    muslim

    revolution

    War

    Gillo Pontecorvo Gillo Pontecorvo Director Tommaso Neri Tommaso Neri as Captain Mohamed Ben Kassen Mohamed Ben Kassen as Petit Omar Rouïched Rouïched as The Drunk Man Franco Morici Franco Morici as (uncredited)
    Paratrooper commander Colonel Mathieu, a former French Resistance fighter during World War II, is sent to Algeria to reinforce efforts to squelch the uprisings of the Algerian War. There he faces Ali la Pointe, a former petty criminal who, as the leader of the Algerian Front de Liberation Nationale, directs terror strategies against the colonial French government occupation. As each side resorts to ever-increasing brutality, no violent act is too unthinkable.
    La grande strada azzurra 1957 POSTER

    La grande strada azzurra

    1957

    Italian

    6.8

    4

    Drama

    fisherman

    italy

    Romance

    Gillo Pontecorvo Gillo Pontecorvo Director Yves Montand Yves Montand as Giovanni Squarciò Terence Hill Terence Hill as Renato Alida Valli Alida Valli as Rosetta, la moglie Francisco Rabal Francisco Rabal as Salvatore
    Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs. But Squarciò borrows money, loses his boat, and in a moment of supreme desperation, has to bomb directly off-shore, causing the hatred and rejection of his fellow fishermen. Trying to save his family, Squarciò and his young sons sail their new boat out beyond the local waters and bomb-fish again. But this time, the sea exacts a terrible toll…
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