Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

1985

1h 34m

4.8(3 votes)

Drama

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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56 members

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Miroslava Součková

Emilka Fejfarová

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Олег Табаков

Otto Kukuck

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Alicja Jachiewicz

Frida Kukuck

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Míla Myslíková

Frau Kramer

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Vilém Besser

Teacher

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Rafał Wieczyński

Staszek

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Jana Andresíková

Frau Höpfner

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Věra Vlčková

Frau Melnik

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Jolanta Grusznic

Wanda

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Karel Bělohradský

Kukuck's Driver

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Pavel Trávníček

Krumey

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Zdeněk Martínek

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Lena Birková

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Vlasta Peterková

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Jaroslava Tichá

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Alena Karešová

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Adolf Filip

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Miroslav Grác

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Zbigniew Bartoszek

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Henryk Hunko

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Igor Kujawski

Prisoner No. 16710

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Sylwester Maciejewski

Knopke

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Józef Kaczyński

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Kazimierz Wysota

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Adam Baumann

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Irena Laskowska

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Joachim Lamża

Accordion Player

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Ferdynand Matysik

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Mikuláš Hořánek

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Radek Krčil

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Barbara Lukešová

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Monika Nosková

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Pavel Myslík

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Jan Novák

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Zdeněk Novotný

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Miloslav Šindler

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Jan Trávníček

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Martin Trávníček

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Ondřej Trávníček

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Dalibor Vachulka

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Martin Bláha

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Lubor Kallus

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Andrzej Bielski

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Mieczysław Janowski

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Jerzy Pieszka

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Jiří Ployhar

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Sylva Sequensová

Emilka Fejfarová (voice)

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Petr Kostka

Otto Kukuck (voice)

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Věra Galatíková

Frida Kukuck (voice)

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Rudolf Pellar

Krumey (voice)

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Oldřich Vízner

Prisoner No. 16710

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Boris Rösner

Knopke (voice)

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Pavel Zedníček

Accordion Player (voice)

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Bohumil Švarc

Commisioner (voice)

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Ivo Niederle

Commisioner (voice)

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Leoš Kaltofen

Commisioner (voice)

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