Kukushka

original title:
Kukushka
other titles:
The Cuckoo (Der Kuckuck)
country / year of production:
Russia / 2002
original length:
99 min. , color
premiere:
Russland: 26 June 2002
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
film script:
Aleksandr Rogozhkin
producer:
Sergei Selyanov
cinematographer:
Andrei Zhegalov
editor:
Yuliya Rumyantseva
composer:
Dmitri Pavlov
cast (role):
Ville Haapasalo (Veiko) , Anni-Christina Juuso (Anny) , Viktor Bychkov (Kartuzov) , Aleksei Kashnikov () , Mikhail Korobochkin () , Ville Haapasalo , Anni-Christina Juuso , Viktor Bychkov , Aleksei Kashnikov , Mikhail Korobochkin
more:
plot synopsis:
In 1944, as Nazi allied Finland is getting close to sign the armistice, a Finnish sniper, Veiko, has been chained to a stone and dressed as SS so that he won't run away or surrender. After breaking away, he arrives at the cabin of a young Lapp, Anni, who is taking care of Ivan, a wounded Russian soldier she found on a road. The three form an unlikely trio where nobody speaks the same language. The two enemies will have to learn to cohabit while competing for the attention of a lonely woman.
keywords:
snipers , captivity , escape , women during wartime
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
The Cuckoo was awarded several times: at the 24. Moscow Film Festival five times, it received three Golden Eagles, and was named Best Film at the 10th St. Petersburg Festival of Festivals.

Director Rogozhkin made each actor says his or her lines in the adequate dialect so that none of the actors, just like their characters, understands what the others are saying. This way the film conveys his subtle message: that war is always the result of an absence of communication.

Homepage: http://www.sonyclassics.com/thecuckoo/core/hasFlash.html
availability:
DVD