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The Cuckoo is a 2002 Russian comedy drama and war film directed and written by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. Produced by Sergey Selyanov through STV and CTB Film Company, the movie features cast members Anni-Kristiina Juuso, Ville Haapasalo, and Viktor Bychkov. The narrative is set in Finland, while filming took place in Kandalaksha. The film was released in various dates throughout 2002, including June 26, July 10, August 30, September 7, and September 12.
The original language of the film includes Russian, Finnish, Northern Sami, and German. Its runtime is listed as 100 minutes or 99 minutes. The story explores themes of friendship, unsociability, love triangle, peace, and hostility. The film received the State Prize of the Russian Federation. Review scores include 87%, 69/100, a 7.06 vote average, and a 7.7 rating.
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7.1September 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
- Anni-Kristiina Juuso as Anni
- Ville Haapasalo as Veikko
- Viktor Bychkov as Ivan or Psoltõ
- Mikhail Korobochkin as episode
- Denis Aksenov as episode
- Santeri Kuikka as episode
Themes
- friendship
- unsociability
- love triangle
- peace
- hostility
- patriotism
- language barrier
- lapland
- finnish
- wound
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Original language
- German
- Director
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
- Screenwriter
- Aleksandr Rogozhkin
- Cast member
- Viktor Bychkov
- Producer
- Sergey Selyanov
- Production company
- STV
- Narrative location
- Finland
- Filming location
- Kandalaksha
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 944734
Show 3 more facts
- title
- Кукушка
- review score
- 69/100
- publication date
- 2005-07-14
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