The Cuckoo
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The Cuckoo

"She's Making Peace One Man at a Time."

2002 1h 40m ★ 7.1 (116 votes) Released

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.

Director

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Screenplay

Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Rating
7.1
Runtime
100 min

Production

CTB Film Company CTB Film Company

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Keywords

friendshipunsociabilitylove trianglepeacehostilitypatriotismlanguage barrierlaplandfinnishwoundpacifismtwinsfinlandunderstandingsiberia

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