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.
Title | Cuckoo in a Dark Forest |
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Year | 1985 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | Czechoslovakia, Poland |
Studio | PRF "Zespoły Filmowe", Filmové studio Barrandov |
Cast | Miroslava Součková, Oleg Tabakov, Alicja Jachiewicz, Míla Myslíková, Vilém Besser, Rafał Wieczyński |
Crew | Antonín Moskalyk (Director), Tadeusz Lampka (Production Manager), Jaroslav Chytrý (Set Decoration), Eduard Pergner (Book), Zdeněk Karel Slabý (Book), Roman Hladík (Assistant Production Design) |
Keyword | based on novel or book, world war ii |
Release | May 01, 1985 |
Runtime | 94 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 4.80 / 10 by 3 users |