Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

Released
1985
1h 34min
4 votes
Drama

Synopsis

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.

Détails techniques

Titre original

Kukačka v temném lese

Langue originale

CS

Langues parlées

Czech

German

Polish

Production

Compagnies de production

PRF "Zespoły Filmowe"

Filmové studio Barrandov

Pays de production

Czechoslovakia

Poland

Mots-clés

based on novel or bookworld war ii