Little Otik
“From the creator of "Alice" and "Faust" comes a most unusual baby…”
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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Cast
19 people
Veronika Žilková
Bozena
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Případy detektivní kanceláře Ostrozrak
Jan Hartl
Karel
Known for
My Sweet Little Village
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Mrs. Stadler
Known for
Give the Devil His Due
Pavel Nový
Frantisek Stadler
Known for
Conspirators of Pleasure
Lunacy
Kristina Adamcová
Alzbetka
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Kidnapped Home
Dagmar Stríbrná
Mrs. Administrator
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Zdeněk Kozák
Mr. Zlabek
Known for
Cutting It Short
Gustav Vondráček
Mladek
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Klapzubova jedenáctka
Sekal Has to Die
Arnošt Goldflam
Gynaecologist
Known for
The Zookeeper's Wife
Jitka Smutná
Bulankova
Known for
Milada
Radek Holub
Young Postman
Also in
The Cow
Head Over Heels
Zdeněk Palusga
Uniformed Policeman
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Kožené slunce
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Jan Švankmajer Director · Karel Jaromír Erben Story Juraj Galvánek Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $117K · United States release December 19, 2001 · Produced in Czechia, United Kingdom, Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$116,710
Production
ATHANOR
Production
Illuminations Films
Production
Czechia · United Kingdom · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Otesánek
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Italy · September 7, 2000
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Czechia · January 25, 2001
Theatrical
United States · December 19, 2001
Theatrical
Japan
November 3, 2001 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 26, 2001 · Theatrical
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