The Cuckoo (film)

The Cuckoo Russian , translit.Kukushka is a 2002 Russian historical comedy drama film directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin. It takes place during World War II from the perspective of opposing Soviet and Finnish soldiers stranded at a Sami womans farmhouse. Kukushka was the nickname given by Soviet soldiers to Finnish cuckoo snipers, who ambushed their targets from a purposebuilt treebranchnest. Thus the title refers to both Veikko the sniper and Anni whose name means cuckoo in Sami, and who is a lone woman living in the forest, much like a cuckoo.

Meanwhile, Ivan Viktor Bychkov, a Captain in the Red Army accused of antiSoviet correspondence, is arrested by the NKVD secret police. En route to his court martial, Soviet planes accidentally bomb the vehicle carrying the disgraced captain, killing the driver and Ivans guard. Veikko, at this stage still chained to the rock, witnesses the bombing through his riflescope.Not far away is the farm of Anni AnniKristiina Juuso, a Sami reindeer farmer whose husband was drafted into the war by the Finnish authorities four years earlier, never to return. Hungry and alone, the young and resourceful widow locates the bodies of Ivan and his captors while foraging for food. As she begins to bury the dead, Anni discovers that Ivan is still alive, but seriously hurt. She carries him to her wooden hut and nurses him back to health. Meanwhile, Veikko, in search of tools to remove his shackles, stumbles upon Annis farm. Thus World War II creates the unlikeliest of bonds between three different people, from three different cultures, speaking three different languages. ........

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