Drama ·Romance ·Comedy · Russia · 2002 · 1h 40m

The Cuckoo

Кукушка

The Cuckoo poster
Director
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Cast
Anni-Kristiina Juuso as Anni Ville Haapasalo as Veikko Viktor Bychkov as Ivan or Psoltõ Mikhail Korobochkin as episode Denis Aksenov as episode Santeri Kuikka as episode
Crew
Andrei Zhegalov — Director of Photography Yuliya Rumyantseva — Editor Dmitri Pavlov — Original Music Composer Aleksandr Rogozhkin — Screenplay Sergei Selyanov — Producer Vladimir Svetozarov — Production Design
Tagline

She's Making Peace One Man at a Time.

Synopsis

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.

Mood & Themes
friendshipunsociabilitylove trianglepeacehostilitypatriotismlanguage barrierlaplandfinnishwoundpacifismtwins
Key Collaborators
Aleksandr Rogozhkin Director Andrei Zhegalov Director of Photography Yuliya Rumyantseva Editor Dmitri Pavlov Original Music Composer Aleksandr Rogozhkin Screenplay Sergei Selyanov Producer Vladimir Svetozarov Production Design
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