Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
1985/05/01 • Released • Czech, German, Polish
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.
Director : Antonín Moskalyk
Casts
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
Jolanta Grusznic
Wanda
Pavel Trávníček
Krumey
Vlasta Peterková
Henryk Hunko
Igor Kujawski
Prisoner No. 16710
Sylwester Maciejewski
Knopke
Józef Kaczyński
Kazimierz Wysota
Adam Baumann
Irena Laskowska
Joachim Lamża
Accordion Player
Ferdynand Matysik
Barbara Lukešová
Mieczysław Janowski
Petr Kostka
Otto Kukuck (voice)
Věra Galatíková
Frida Kukuck (voice)
Rudolf Pellar
Krumey (voice)
Oldřich Vízner
Prisoner No. 16710
Boris Rösner
Knopke (voice)
Pavel Zedníček
Accordion Player (voice)
Bohumil Švarc
Commisioner (voice)
Ivo Niederle
Commisioner (voice)
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