Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 1, 1985

Runtime

1h 34m

Genres

Drama

User Score

48%

Original Title

Kukačka v temném lese

Production Companies

PRF "Zespoły Filmowe", Filmové studio Barrandov

Director

Antonín Moskalyk

Description

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.