The Cuckoo

Drama, Romance, Comedy

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Aleksandr Rogozhkin

Status Released

Release Date 2002-09-12

Storyline

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.

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