The Cuckoo
2002
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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.
Key facts
Original language
Finnish
First release
September 12, 2002
Production companies
STV
Awards
Silver George for Best Director, State Prize of the Russian Federation
Setting
Finland
Filming locations
Kandalaksha
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