Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

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.

4.1

94 min

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

Jana Andresíková

as Frau Höpfner

Věra Vlčková

as Frau Melnik

Jolanta Grusznic

as Wanda

Karel Bělohradský

as Kukuck's Driver

Pavel Trávníček

as Krumey

Zdeněk Martínek

Lena Birková

Vlasta Peterková

Jaroslava Tichá

Alena Karešová

Adolf Filip

Miroslav Grác

Zbigniew Bartoszek

Henryk Hunko

Igor Kujawski

as Prisoner No. 16710

Sylwester Maciejewski

as Knopke

Józef Kaczyński

Kazimierz Wysota

Adam Baumann

Irena Laskowska

Joachim Lamża

as Accordion Player

Ferdynand Matysik

Mikuláš Hořánek

Radek Krčil

Barbara Lukešová

Monika Nosková

Pavel Myslík

Jan Novák

Zdeněk Novotný

Miloslav Šindler

Jan Trávníček

Martin Trávníček

Ondřej Trávníček

Dalibor Vachulka

Martin Bláha

Lubor Kallus

Andrzej Bielski

Mieczysław Janowski

Jerzy Pieszka

Jiří Ployhar

Sylva Sequensová

as Emilka Fejfarová (voice)

Petr Kostka

as Otto Kukuck (voice)

Věra Galatíková

as Frida Kukuck (voice)

Rudolf Pellar

as Krumey (voice)

Oldřich Vízner

as Prisoner No. 16710

Boris Rösner

as Knopke (voice)

Pavel Zedníček

as Accordion Player (voice)

Bohumil Švarc

as Commisioner (voice)

Ivo Niederle

as Commisioner (voice)

Leoš Kaltofen

as Commisioner (voice)

Director

Antonín Moskalyk