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