Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1985)
May 1, 1985
Drama
1h 34m
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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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Antonín Moskalyk
- Emilka Fejfarová Miroslava Součková
- Otto Kukuck Oleg Tabakov
- Frida Kukuck Alicja Jachiewicz
- Frau Kramer Míla Myslíková
- Teacher Vilém Besser
- Staszek Rafał Wieczyński
- Frau Höpfner Jana Andresíková
- Wanda Jolanta Grusznic
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- world war ii