The Cuckoo (2002) (English subtitles).

The Cuckoo (2002) (English subtitles).

The Cuckoo is a 2002 film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. Its Russian title is Kukushka. It takes place during World War II from the perspective of opposing Russian and Finnish soldiers stranded at a Sami woman's farmhouse.
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.

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Crew
Director: Aleksander V. Rogozhkin
Screenplay: Aleksander V. Rogozhkin
Director of Photography: Andrey Zhegalov
Production Designer: Vladimir Svetozarov
Composer: Dmitry Pavlov

Cast
Anni-Kristiina Juuso as Anni, Sami woman
Ville Haapasalo as Veikko, Finnish sniper
Viktor Bychkov as Psholty, Captain Ivan Kartuzov

Prizes and Festivals
* June 2002 - XXIV Moscow International Film Festival - presented as a part of the competition program.
* July 2002 - X Festival of the Festivals in Saint Petersburg - Grand Prize "Golden Griffin" - best film.
* August 2002 - X Film Festival "Window to Europe" in Vyborg - presented as a part of the competition program.
* October 2002 - International film festival "Europa Cinema" in Viarego, Italy - presented as a part of the competition program.
* December 2002 — 3 awards "Golden Aries" of the National Guild of the Movie Critics and the Movie Press.
* February 2003 - 4 awards "Golden Eagle".
* March 2003 - 4 awards "Nika".
* 2003 - International Film Festival in Troy, Portugal.
* 2003 — International File Festival in San Francisco — Viewers' Choice Prize.
* 2003 — XI Russian Film Festival in Onfler, France.
* June 2004 - Russian Federation National Award in the Art and Literature Area was awarded to the crew of the film.

© STV Film company, 2002.
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Wikipedia:
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[RisingStarOfKorea]

I used this great movie to learn Russian (for myself) and to teach English to my mother , and we enjoyed it a lot. 10 points from 10, and +1 for the humour and original , beautiful locations :-) Greetings from Hungary !!

[lordofutub]

great movie. finally something different from that american crap

[poetpiet]

@lordofutub : "finally something different from that american crap"

first movie i watch in months and months ... youtube suggested it. Auspicious day. youtube is american but not crap (though their template policies and low priority translations make one wonder).

.... know what you mean though. True.

[LowFlyingCrocodile]

@lordofutub

Well, you know, Cohen bros films (for exaple) are cool in fact.

But yeah, this film is just great. I would recomend also such russian movies as Island /Остров/(2006), all Balabanov`s and most of Rogozhkin`s (director of this one, Cuckoo).

[LowFlyingCrocodile]

There exists a better verision of this movie (directors cut or someting). There is no russian dubbing at all (subtitles only) and I like it so much better. I am russian so dubbing destroys a feeling of misunderstending (in my perception at least) which is one of the central ideas in the movie. So I would recomend you to find that version to see this wonderful movie "as is".

[LowFlyingCrocodile]

@zipacna1980

Anni speaks saami

Veikko speaks finnish

Ivan speaks russian

German soldiers in the very beginning speak german

[32middlelinebacker]

@zipacna1980 dammit.

[zipacna1980]

@32middlelinebacker Finns were a part of Axis when.

[32middlelinebacker]

@zipacna1980 yeah but he's finnish...

[zipacna1980]

How many languages are spoken there? It seems like a woman is speaking neither Finnish nor Russian.

[zipacna1980]

@32middlelinebacker Not in a late '44 with Soviet forces rolling through Europe like avalanche. A few people are willing to die for a lost cause. It was normal nazy practice to force people into battle this way in a late stages of war.

[32middlelinebacker]

@zipacna1980 ok makes sense but damn have a little faith in the guy! He went through sniper school he wants to be there lol...