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..

19851h 34m4.1Movie

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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.

Cast

Miroslava Součková
Miroslava Součková
Emilka Fejfarová
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Tabakov
Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewicz
Alicja Jachiewicz
Frida Kukuck
Míla Myslíková
Míla Myslíková
Frau Kramer
Vilém Besser
Vilém Besser
Teacher
Rafał Wieczyński
Rafał Wieczyński
Staszek
Jana Andresíková
Jana Andresíková
Frau Höpfner
Věra Vlčková
Věra Vlčková
Frau Melnik
Jolanta Grusznic
Jolanta Grusznic
Wanda
Karel Bělohradský
Karel Bělohradský
Kukuck's Driver
Pavel Trávníček
Pavel Trávníček
Krumey
Zdeněk Martínek
Zdeněk Martínek

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