Little Otik

Overview

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.

Cast

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  Veronika Žilková

  Bozena

• 

  Jan Hartl

  Karel

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  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

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  Jitka Smutná

  Bulankova

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  Radek Holub

  Young Postman

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  Zdeněk Palusga

  Uniformed Policeman

Crew

Director

Jan Švankmajer

Writer

Jan Švankmajer, Karel Jaromír Erben

Cinematography

Juraj Galvánek