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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.

Top 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

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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