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Little Otik

Little Otik

From the creator of "Alice" and "Faust" comes a most unusual baby…

20017.02h 12m

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.

Directed by Jan Švankmajer
Written by Jan Švankmajer, Karel Jaromír Erben
Produced by Keith Griffiths, Jan Švankmajer, Jaromír Kallista
Box Office0Revenue: $117K

Top Cast

Veronika Žilková

Veronika Žilková

Bozena

Jan Hartl

Jan Hartl

Karel

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Mrs. Stadler

Pavel Nový

Pavel Nový

Frantisek Stadler

K

Kristina Adamcová

Alzbetka

D

Dagmar Stríbrná

Mrs. Administrator

Z

Zdeněk Kozák

Mr. Zlabek

G

Gustav Vondráček

Mladek

Arnošt Goldflam

Arnošt Goldflam

Gynaecologist

Jitka Smutná

Jitka Smutná

Bulankova

Themes & Keywords

babybased on fairy tale

About Little Otik

Little Otik is a comedy, fantasy, horror, animation film released in 2001 exploring themes of baby, based on fairy tale. Directed by Jan Švankmajer, it stars Veronika Žilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová. 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.

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