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Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

Film

Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

4.1

1h 34m

1985

Synopsis

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.

Director

Antonín Moskalyk

Drama

based on novel or bookworld war ii

Cast & Crew

Miroslava Součková

Miroslava Součková

as Emilka Fejfarová

Oleg Tabakov

Oleg Tabakov

as Otto Kukuck

Alicja Jachiewicz

Alicja Jachiewicz

as Frida Kukuck

Míla Myslíková

Míla Myslíková

as Frau Kramer

Vilém Besser

Vilém Besser

as Teacher

Rafał Wieczyński

Rafał Wieczyński

as Staszek

Jana Andresíková

Jana Andresíková

as Frau Höpfner

Věra Vlčková

as Frau Melnik

Jolanta Grusznic

Jolanta Grusznic

as Wanda

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