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