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Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
Set in World War 2 as the Germans occupy Czechoslovakia, teenage Emilka's father is murdered by the Nazis, but she is selected for special treatment by virtue of being blonde. She is billeted with the commandant of a concentration camp near the Baltic coast, where his kindness towards her provokes his wife's jealousy, but is compromised when Emilka witnesses his brutality towards the prisoners.
Cast
- Miroslava Součková as Emilka Fejfarová
- Oleg Tabakov as Otto Kukuck
- Alicja Jachiewicz as Frida Kukuck
- Míla Myslíková as Frau Kramer
- Vilém Besser as Teacher
- Rafał Wieczyński as Staszek
- Jana Andresíková as Frau Höpfner
- Věra Vlčková as Frau Melnik
- Jolanta Grusznic as Wanda
- Karel Bělohradský as Kukuck's Driver
- Pavel Trávníček as Krumey
- Zdeněk Martínek
Details
- Director
- Antonín Moskalyk
- Released
- May 1, 1985
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- PRF "Zespoły Filmowe" and Filmové studio Barrandov
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 4.9 / 10 from 5 votes
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