Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1985)
Kukačka v temném lese
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.
- Date of release
- 1985-05-01
- TMDB
- 4.9 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Antonín Moskalyk
Casting
- 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
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