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71% Critic Match
The Cuckoo
“She's Making Peace One Man at a Time.”
7.1 / 10• 2002• 1h 40m•NR• Russian
DramaRomanceComedy
Storyline
September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock Finnish sniper-kamikadze Veikko managed to set himself free. Ivan, a captain of the Soviet Army, arrested by the Front Secret Police 'Smersh', has a narrow escape. They are soldiers of the two enemy armies. A Lapp woman Anni gives a shelter to both of them at her farm. For Anni they are not enemies, but just men.
Cast & Crew
Anni-Kristiina Juuso
Anni
Lead
Ville Haapasalo
Veikko
Viktor Bychkov
Ivan or Psoltõ
MK
Mikhail Korobochkin
episode
DA
Denis Aksenov
episode
Santeri Kuikka
episode
AZ
Aleksandr Zubkin
episode
Sergei Antonov
episode
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Aleksandr Rogozhkin's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Cuckoo is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
