
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
CzechoslovakiaPoland
Production Companies
PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"
Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast
Jolanta Grusznicas Wanda
Irena Laskowska
Mieczysław Janowski
Sylva Sequensováas Emilka Fejfarová (voice)
Jana Andresíkováas Frau Höpfner
Oldřich Vízneras Prisoner No. 16710
Boris Rösneras Knopke (voice)
Pavel Zedníčekas Accordion Player (voice)
Vlasta Peterková
Petr Kostkaas Otto Kukuck (voice)
Bohumil Švarcas Commisioner (voice)
Rafał Wieczyńskias Staszek
Sylwester Maciejewskias Knopke
Józef Kaczyński
Adam Baumann
Miroslava Součkováas Emilka Fejfarová
Igor Kujawskias Prisoner No. 16710
Barbara Lukešová
Věra Galatíkováas Frida Kukuck (voice)
Rudolf Pellaras Krumey (voice)
Jaroslava Tichá
Ivo Niederleas Commisioner (voice)
Oleg Tabakovas Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewiczas Frida Kukuck
Vilém Besseras Teacher
Pavel Trávníčekas Krumey
Henryk Hunko
Joachim Lamżaas Accordion Player
Míla Myslíkováas Frau Kramer
Kazimierz Wysota
Ferdynand Matysik
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