The Cuckoo

She's Making Peace One Man at a Time.

Jan 01, 2002 1h 40m

7.1

100 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title	The Cuckoo
Companies	CTB Film Company
Countries	Finland, Russia
Keywords	friendship, unsociability, love triangle, peace, hostility, patriotism, language barrier, lapland, finnish, wound, pacifism, twins, finland, understanding, siberia