Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1985)
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 2.057 |
Directed By
Antonín Moskalyk
Crew
Antonín Moskalyk
Tadeusz Lampka
Jaroslav Chytrý
Eduard Pergner
Roman Hladík
Andrzej Swat
Janusz Dwornik
Helena Rohanová
Lubomír Moravec
Bohumil Pokorný
Jerzy Śnieżawski
Markéta Jiroušková
Zdenka Barochová
Libuše Hofmanová
Vladimír Körner
Pavel Dosoudil
Antonín Mařík
Marcela Pittermannová
Jiří Šámal
Kryštof Hanzlík
Zygmunt Laskowski
Martina Petrů
Jan Svoboda
Michal Fairaizl
Renata Kochanska
Zbigniew Żmigrodzki
Zdeněk Hurník
Dagmar Císařovská
Ivan Minář
Michal Nedvěd
Jiří Kučera
Franciszek Szydełko
Stefan Napiórkowski
Wiesława Karwańska
Eva Voborská
Eva Studecká
Andrzej Holc
Libuše Pražáková
Marzena Owczarek
Jana Šimonová
Tomáš Červenka
Karel Smrž
Eva Charvátová
Milana Melcerová
Jerzy Radziwoń
Vojtěch Voráček
Petr Kolínský
Eva Stankova
Josef Valušiak
František Kléma
Miroslav Dousek
Vlasta Hájková
František Čížek
Juliusz Donajski
Ivan Kurz
Jerzy Pieszka
Josef Řezáč
Ewa Prokop
Mario Klemens
TOP CAST
Miroslava Součková
Emilka Fejfarová
Oleg Tabakov
Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewicz
Frida Kukuck
Míla Myslíková
Frau Kramer
Vilém Besser
Teacher
Rafał Wieczyński
Staszek
Jana Andresíková
Frau Höpfner
Věra Vlčková
Frau Melnik
Jolanta Grusznic
Wanda
Karel Bělohradský
Kukuck's Driver
Pavel Trávníček
Krumey
Igor Kujawski
Prisoner No. 16710
Sylwester Maciejewski
Knopke
Joachim Lamża
Accordion Player
Sylva Sequensová
Emilka Fejfarová (voice)
Petr Kostka
Otto Kukuck (voice)
Věra Galatíková
Frida Kukuck (voice)
Rudolf Pellar
Krumey (voice)
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