Little Otik

Little Otik

132 mins | Drama, Comedy, Horror | Jan. 25, 2001

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.

Little Otik

132 mins | Drama, Comedy, Horror | Jan. 25, 2001

Little Otik
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.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers ATHANOR, Illuminations Films
Original title Otesánek
Directors Shimon Shemtov, Martin Kublák, Jan Švankmajer
Writers Karel Jaromír Erben, Jan Švankmajer

Cast

Veronika Žilková

as Bozena

Jan Hartl

as Karel

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

as Mrs. Stadler

Pavel Nový

as Frantisek Stadler

Kristina Adamcová

as Alzbetka

Dagmar Stríbrná

as Mrs. Administrator

Zdeněk Kozák

as Mr. Zlabek

Gustav Vondráček

as Mladek

Arnošt Goldflam

as Gynaecologist

Jitka Smutná

as Bulankova

Radek Holub

as Young Postman

Zdeněk Palusga

as Uniformed Policeman

Frantisek Polata

as Plainclothes Policeman

Vaclav Jezek

as Plainclothes Policeman

Tomáš Hanák

as Radio Presenter (voice)

Jiří Lábus

as Policeman at Station

Jan Jiráň

as Karel's Colleague