Cuckoo in a Dark Forest
1985Set 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.
Acted in
Miroslava Součková
as Emilka Fejfarová
Oleg Tabakov
as Otto Kukuck
Alicja Jachiewicz
as Frida Kukuck
Míla Myslíková
as Frau Kramer
Vilém Besser
as Teacher
Rafał Wieczyński
as Staszek
Jana Andresíková
as Frau Höpfner
Věra Vlčková
as Frau Melnik
Jolanta Grusznic
as Wanda
Karel Bělohradský
as Kukuck's Driver
Pavel Trávníček
as Krumey
Zdeněk Martínek
Lena Birková
Vlasta Peterková
Jaroslava Tichá
Alena Karešová
Adolf Filip
Miroslav Grác
Zbigniew Bartoszek
Henryk Hunko
Igor Kujawski
as Prisoner No. 16710
Sylwester Maciejewski
as Knopke
Józef Kaczyński
Kazimierz Wysota
Adam Baumann
Irena Laskowska
Joachim Lamża
as Accordion Player
Ferdynand Matysik
Mikuláš Hořánek
Radek Krčil
Barbara Lukešová
Monika Nosková
Pavel Myslík
Jan Novák
Zdeněk Novotný
Miloslav Šindler
Jan Trávníček
Martin Trávníček
Ondřej Trávníček
Dalibor Vachulka
Martin Bláha
Lubor Kallus
Andrzej Bielski
Mieczysław Janowski
Jerzy Pieszka
Jiří Ployhar
Sylva Sequensová
as Emilka Fejfarová (voice)
Petr Kostka
as Otto Kukuck (voice)
Věra Galatíková
as Frida Kukuck (voice)
Rudolf Pellar
as Krumey (voice)
Oldřich Vízner
as Prisoner No. 16710
Boris Rösner
as Knopke (voice)
Pavel Zedníček
as Accordion Player (voice)
Bohumil Švarc
as Commisioner (voice)
Ivo Niederle
as Commisioner (voice)
Leoš Kaltofen
as Commisioner (voice)