Drama · Czechoslovakia · 1985 · 1h 34m

Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

Kukačka v temném lese

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Director
Antonín Moskalyk
Cast
Miroslava Součková as Emilka Fejfarová Oleg Tabakov as Otto Kukuck Alicja Jachiewicz as Frida Kukuck Míla Myslíková as Frau Kramer Vilém Besser as Teacher Rafał Wieczyński as Staszek
Crew
Jiří Šámal — Director of Photography Josef Valušiak — Editor Ivan Kurz — Original Music Composer Vladimír Körner — Screenplay Bohumil Pokorný — Production Design Jerzy Śnieżawski — Production Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookworld war ii
Key Collaborators
Antonín Moskalyk Director Jiří Šámal Director of Photography Josef Valušiak Editor Ivan Kurz Original Music Composer Vladimír Körner Screenplay Bohumil Pokorný Production Design Jerzy Śnieżawski Production Design Libuše Pražáková Costume Design
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