Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
4.9
5 votes
May 1, 1985
1h 34m
Drama
Overview
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.
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Cast
Miroslava Součková
Emilka Fejfarová
Oleg Tabakov
Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewicz
Frida Kukuck
Míla Myslíková
Frau Kramer
Vilém Besser
Teacher
Rafał Wieczyński
Staszek
Jana Andresíková
Frau HöpfnerV
Věra Vlčková
Frau Melnik
Jolanta Grusznic
WandaK
Karel Bělohradský
Kukuck's Driver
Pavel Trávníček
KrumeyZ
Zdeněk Martínek
L
Lena Birková
Vlasta Peterková
Jaroslava Tichá
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