Cuckoo in a Dark Forest

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Miroslava Součková Emilka Fejfarová

Oleg Tabakov Otto Kukuck

Alicja Jachiewicz Frida Kukuck

Míla Myslíková Frau Kramer

Vilém Besser Teacher