Cuckoo Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Feb. 27, 2025

Cuckoo

Release Date: Friday, August 9, 2024 Theaters

Director: Tilman Singer

Starring: Hunter Schafer • John Malkovich • Gemma Chan • Sofia Boutella • Jan Bluthardt

R Horror N/A

2 / 5.0

66% WILL SEE 34% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König, her father's boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen's mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn't seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.

Horror Suspense

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Who stars in Cuckoo – Cast List

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Hunter Schafer
Mother Mary, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
John Malkovich
Fantastic Four: The First Steps, Red
G
Gemma Chan
The Creator, Raya and the Last Dragon
S
Sofia Boutella
The Killer's Game, Atomic Blonde
J
Jan Bluthardt
Z
Zita Hanrot
Ad Vitam
P
Proschat Madani

Who is making Cuckoo – Crew List

Director: Tilman Singer
Screenwriter: Tilman Singer
Producer: Josh Rosenbaum

Studios: NEON
Production Company: Waypoint Entertainment

Production – What we know about the Cuckoo

Key Facts

Executive produced by Tom Quinn, Jeff Deutchman, Emily Thomas, and Ryan Friscia for NEON, Cuckoo is produced by Markus Halberschmidt, Josh Rosenbaum, Maria Tsigka, and Ken Kao, Thor Bradwell and Ben Rimmer, in a cooperation between FICTION PARK (Germany) and Waypoint Entertainment (USA).
The film was shot on 35mm in Germany (7/10/2022).

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Feb 2024

Completed

Changed Cuckoo movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jul 2022

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. NEON has wrapped production on Tilman Singer’s Cuckoo, the feature film debut of Hunter Schafer (Euphoria).

Sep 2021

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Starts production in 2022.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for violence, bloody images, language and brief teen drug use
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

Cuckoo Trailers and Clips

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Cuckoo Release Date: When was the film released?

Cuckoo was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, August 9 , 2024. There were 15 15 other movies released on the same date, including It Ends with Us, Borderlands and The Instigators.