I Was a Kapo (1963)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 27M

Director : Tadeusz Jaworski

Synopsis

A former inmate of the Auschwitz concentration camp, accused of being a kapo, is serving a life sentence. From the monologue to the camera, we learn the story of an average man destroyed in terrible times.

Actors

Crews

Tadeusz Jaworski
Tadeusz Jaworski
Director
Tadeusz Jaworski
Tadeusz Jaworski
Writer
Ryszard Kozielewski
Ryszard Kozielewski
Writer
Jerzy Chluski
Jerzy Chluski
Director of Photography
Ludmila Godziaszwili
Ludmila Godziaszwili
Editor
Jerzy Szawlowski
Jerzy Szawlowski
Sound

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