The Cuckoo | |
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Directed by | Aleksandr Rogozhkin |
Written by | Aleksandr Rogozhkin |
Produced by | Sergei Selianov |
Starring | Anni-Kristiina Juuso Ville Haapasalo Viktor Bychkov |
Cinematography | Andrey Zhegalov |
Music by | Dmitry Pavlov |
Distributed by | STV (Russian: СТВ) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Russia |
Languages | Finnish Russian Saami |
The Cuckoo (Russian: Кукушка, translit. Kukushka) is a 2002 Russian war drama film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin, who died autumn of 2021.[1] The Cuckoo takes place during World War II, and the action is seen from the opposing perspectives of a Soviet soldier and a Finnish soldier stranded together at a Sami woman's farmhouse.[2] It received generally positive reviews from critics.[3]