Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 1, 1985

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech, German, Polish

Countries

Czechoslovakia, Poland

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov,PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"

Cast

Monika Nosková,Martin Bláha,Joachim Lamża,Barbara Lukešová,Věra Galatíková,Adolf Filip,Martin Trávníček,Oleg Tabakov,Sylva Sequensová,Boris Rösnerand 46 more

Director

Antonín Moskalyk

Writer

Marcela Pittermannová,Eduard Pergner,Zdeněk Karel Slabý,Vladimír Körner

Cinematography

Jiří Šámal

Music

Ivan Kurz

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0091359