Little Otik poster

Little Otik poster

Little Otik

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

2001 2h 11m 7Movie

ComedyFantasyHorror

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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Jan Švankmajer

Screenplay, Story, Director

Karel Jaromír Erben

Story

Top Cast

Veronika Žilková

Veronika Žilková

Bozena

Jan Hartl

Jan Hartl

Karel

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Mrs. Stadler

Pavel Nový

Pavel Nový

Frantisek Stadler

Kristina Adamcová

Alzbetka

Dagmar Stríbrná

Mrs. Administrator

Zdeněk Kozák

Mr. Zlabek

Gustav Vondráček

Mladek

Arnošt Goldflam

Arnošt Goldflam

Gynaecologist

Jitka Smutná

Jitka Smutná

Bulankova

Radek Holub

Radek Holub

Young Postman

Zdeněk Palusga

Zdeněk Palusga

Uniformed Policeman

Frantisek Polata

Plainclothes Policeman

Vaclav Jezek

Plainclothes Policeman

Joseph Cahill

Joseph Cahill

Tomáš Hanák

Tomáš Hanák

Radio Presenter (voice)

Jiří Lábus

Jiří Lábus

Policeman at Station

Jan Jiráň

Jan Jiráň

Karel's Colleague

Jiří Macháček

Jiří Macháček