DOCUMENTARY MOVIE
Tuesday, Feb 25th, 1:30-4:00pm
Lawrence Public Library, Room C
“Cuckoo” (Comedy, Drama, War) 2002 1h 39min
September, 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.
Written and Directed by Aleksandr Rogozhkin, the picture had 24 wins and 11 nominations for various awards.