Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
Kukačka v temném lese
Release: 1985-05-01
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 4.1
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.
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Production Companies
PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"
Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast
Míla Myslíková
as Frau Kramer
Vilém Besser
as Teacher
Vlasta Peterková
Kazimierz Wysota
Mieczysław Janowski
Sylva Sequensová
as Emilka Fejfarová (voice)
Rudolf Pellar
as Krumey (voice)
Pavel Trávníček
as Krumey
Věra Galatíková
as Frida Kukuck (voice)
Igor Kujawski
as Prisoner No. 16710
Ivo Niederle
as Commisioner (voice)
Oleg Tabakov
as Otto Kukuck
Adam Baumann
Miroslava Součková
as Emilka Fejfarová
Barbara Lukešová
Petr Kostka
as Otto Kukuck (voice)
Oldřich Vízner
as Prisoner No. 16710
Boris Rösner
as Knopke (voice)
Bohumil Švarc
as Commisioner (voice)
Henryk Hunko
Sylwester Maciejewski
as Knopke
Irena Laskowska
Pavel Zedníček
as Accordion Player (voice)
Rafał Wieczyński
as Staszek
Jana Andresíková
as Frau Höpfner
Jolanta Grusznic
as Wanda
Józef Kaczyński
Joachim Lamża
as Accordion Player
Ferdynand Matysik
Alicja Jachiewicz
as Frida Kukuck
