Movie: I Was a Kapo

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    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.

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    1963-01-01

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    5.7

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    Polski
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