Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1986)

  • NR
  • 05/09/1986 (PL)
  • Drama
  • 1h 34m

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.

Antonín Moskalyk

Director

Vladimír Körner

Screenplay

Cast

Miroslava Součková's headshot

Miroslava Součková

Emilka Fejfarová
Oleg Tabakov's headshot

Oleg Tabakov

Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewicz's headshot

Alicja Jachiewicz

Frida Kukuck
Míla Myslíková's headshot

Míla Myslíková

Frau Kramer
Vilém Besser's headshot

Vilém Besser

Teacher
Rafał Wieczyński's headshot

Rafał Wieczyński

Staszek
Jana Andresíková's headshot

Jana Andresíková

Frau Höpfner
Věra Vlčková's headshot

Věra Vlčková

Frau Melnik

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