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