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
Henryk Hunko
Adam Baumann
Irena Laskowska
Oleg Tabakov
as Otto Kukuck
Rafał Wieczyński
as Staszek
Pavel Trávníček
as Krumey
Sylva Sequensová
as Emilka Fejfarová (voice)
Sylwester Maciejewski
as Knopke
Kazimierz Wysota
Petr Kostka
as Otto Kukuck (voice)
Věra Galatíková
as Frida Kukuck (voice)
Pavel Zedníček
as Accordion Player (voice)
Ivo Niederle
as Commisioner (voice)
Alicja Jachiewicz
as Frida Kukuck
Jolanta Grusznic
as Wanda
Oldřich Vízner
as Prisoner No. 16710
Ferdynand Matysik
Miroslava Součková
as Emilka Fejfarová
Vilém Besser
as Teacher
Boris Rösner
as Knopke (voice)
Bohumil Švarc
as Commisioner (voice)
Míla Myslíková
as Frau Kramer
Vlasta Peterková
Igor Kujawski
as Prisoner No. 16710
Barbara Lukešová
Mieczysław Janowski
Józef Kaczyński
Rudolf Pellar
as Krumey (voice)
Joachim Lamża
as Accordion Player
Jana Andresíková
as Frau Höpfner
