Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1985)

PG-135/1/1985Drama1h 34m

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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.

Antonín Moskalyk

Director

Ivan Kurz

Composer