
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
Kukačka v temném lese
Release: 1985-05-01·Runtime: 94m·★ 4.9
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
Mieczysław Janowski
Boris Rösneras Knopke (voice)
Oleg Tabakovas Otto Kukuck
Míla Myslíkováas Frau Kramer
Jolanta Grusznicas Wanda
Adam Baumann
Ivo Niederleas Commisioner (voice)
Vlasta Peterková
Jaroslava Tichá
Joachim Lamżaas Accordion Player
Sylva Sequensováas Emilka Fejfarová (voice)
Pavel Zedníčekas Accordion Player (voice)
Vilém Besseras Teacher
Rafał Wieczyńskias Staszek
Irena Laskowska
Barbara Lukešová
Alicja Jachiewiczas Frida Kukuck
Henryk Hunko
Igor Kujawskias Prisoner No. 16710
Petr Kostkaas Otto Kukuck (voice)
Miroslava Součkováas Emilka Fejfarová
Jana Andresíkováas Frau Höpfner
Pavel Trávníčekas Krumey
Sylwester Maciejewskias Knopke
Józef Kaczyński
Věra Galatíkováas Frida Kukuck (voice)
Rudolf Pellaras Krumey (voice)
Oldřich Vízneras Prisoner No. 16710
Bohumil Švarcas Commisioner (voice)
Kazimierz Wysota
Ferdynand Matysik
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