The Cuckoo

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.

Cast

Anni-Kristiina Juuso

Anni

Ville Haapasalo

Veikko

Viktor Bychkov

Ivan or Psoltõ

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Mikhail Korobochkin

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Denis Aksenov

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Santeri Kuikka

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Aleksandr Zubkin

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Sergei Antonov

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Svyatoslav Lezin

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Vsevolod Lezin

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Aleksandr Melnikov

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Sergey Sokolov

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Aleksey Kashnikov

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Aleksey Panzheev

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Vladimir Matveev

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Vladimir Knysh

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Valery Yakovlev

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Sergey Berezin

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Yulia Proshicheva

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Anna Voronina

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Crew

Art

• Vladimir Svetozarov Production Design
• Vladimir Dyatlenko Set Decoration

Camera

• Andrei Zhegalov Director of Photography
• Viktor Zubarev Steadicam Operator
• Anatoliy Kudryavtsev Assistant Camera
• Evgeny Litvinov Assistant Camera
• Yuri Nikolayev First Assistant Camera

Costume & Make-Up

• Olga Shamkovich Makeup & Hair
• Marina Nikolaeva Costume Designer

Crew

• Oleg Belyaev CG Supervisor
• Dmitry Voronov Pyrotechnician

Directing

• Aleksandr Rogozhkin Director
• Galla Kapitskaya First Assistant Director
• Evgeny Struchkov Assistant Director
• Sergey Berezin Assistant Director

Editing

• Yuliya Rumyantseva Editor

Lighting

• Roman Gafari Lighting Technician
• Igor Adartsevich Lighting Technician

Production

• Sergei Selyanov Producer
• Olga Naidenova Line Producer

Sound

• Dmitri Pavlov Original Music Composer
• Anatoli Gudkovsky Sound Director
• Sergey Sokolov Sound Director
• Sergey Figner Sound Designer
• Edgar Figner Sound Designer

Writing

• Aleksandr Rogozhkin Screenplay

Photos