Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
1985•1h 34m•4.9/10
Drama
Ratings
🎬TMDb
4.9/10(5)
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
PRF "Zespoły Filmowe", Filmové studio Barrandov
Language
CS
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
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 Höpfner
Věra Vlčková
Frau Melnik
Jolanta Grusznic
Wanda
Karel Bělohradský
Kukuck's Driver
Pavel Trávníček
Krumey
Zdeněk Martínek
Lena Birková
Vlasta Peterková
Jaroslava Tichá
Alena Karešová
Adolf Filip
Miroslav Grác
Zbigniew Bartoszek
Henryk Hunko
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