The Cuckoo

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

2002 1h 40m RU

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7.7

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★7.1TMDB · 123🍅87%Rotten Tomatoes●69Metacritic★7.7IMDB · 8,048

DramaRomanceComedy

Synopsis

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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.”

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Cast

Anni-Kristiina Juuso
Anni
Ville Haapasalo
Veikko
Viktor Bychkov
Ivan or Psoltõ
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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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Writers: Aleksandr Rogozhkin
Languages: Finnish, German, Russian, Northern Sami
Countries: Russia

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Finnish, German, Russian, Northern Sami.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin, shot by Andrei Zhegalov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dmitri Pavlov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Yuliya Rumyantseva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Anni-Kristiina Juuso and Ville Haapasalo and Viktor Bychkov carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0308476 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Aleksandr Rogozhkin directs. Andrei Zhegalov behind the camera. Dmitri Pavlov scores. Yuliya Rumyantseva cuts. Produced in Russia. Dialogue in Finnish, German, Russian, Northern Sami.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 24 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: Finnish, German, Russian, Northern Sami.
3Directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin, shot by Andrei Zhegalov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Dmitri Pavlov. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Yuliya Rumyantseva shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Anni-Kristiina Juuso and Ville Haapasalo and Viktor Bychkov carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "She's Making Peace One Man at a Time.".
8IMDB entry: tt0308476 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 15 themes, including "friendship", "unsociability", "love triangle", "peace".