Movie·2001·2h 12m
Little Otik
From the creator of "Alice" and "Faust" comes a most unusual baby…
Country
Czech Republic
Language
Czech
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// overview
The Story
Original title: Otesánek
When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real.
Producer
Jan Švankmajer, Keith Griffiths
Cinematography
Juraj Galvánek
Editor
Marie Zemanová
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Veronika Žilková
Bozena
Jan Hartl
Karel
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Mrs. Stadler
Pavel Nový
Frantisek Stadler
Kristina Adamcová
Alzbetka
Dagmar Stríbrná
Mrs. Administrator
Zdeněk Kozák
Mr. Zlabek
Gustav Vondráček
Mladek
Arnošt Goldflam
Gynaecologist
Jitka Smutná
Bulankova
Radek Holub
Young Postman
Zdeněk Palusga
Uniformed Policeman
Frantisek Polata
Plainclothes Policeman
Vaclav Jezek
Plainclothes Policeman
Joseph Cahill
Tomáš Hanák
Radio Presenter (voice)
Jiří Lábus
Policeman at Station
Jan Jiráň
Karel's Colleague
// crew
Crew
Jan Švankmajer
Screenplay, Director, Story, Producer
Keith Griffiths
Producer
Juraj Galvánek
Director of Photography
Karel Jaromír Erben
Story
Marie Zemanová
Editor
Jaromír Kallista
Producer
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