Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
1985•1h 34m•4.9•Released
Drama
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
Writer
Vladimír Körner
Languages
Czech, German, Polish
Studio
PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"
Cast
Miroslava Součková
Emilka Fejfarová
Oleg Tabakov
Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewicz
Frida Kukuck
Míla Myslíková
Frau Kramer
Vilém Besser
Teacher
Rafał Wieczyński
Staszek
Jana Andresíková
Frau Höpfner
Věra Vlčková
Frau Melnik
Jolanta Grusznic
Wanda
Karel Bělohradský
Kukuck's Driver
Pavel Trávníček
Krumey
Zdeněk Martínek
Lena Birková
Vlasta Peterková
Jaroslava Tichá
Production
Company
PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"
Company
Filmové studio Barrandov
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