Otesánek

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

Jan 25 2001 TV-14 2h 12m
Animation, Comedy, Drama

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.

Plot

When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a stump 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. When the root takes life they seem to have gained a child; but its appetite is much greater than that of a normal child.

Written by

Karel Jaromír Erben, Jan Svankmajer

Directed by

Jan Svankmajer

Cast

Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, Czech Republic

Production Companies

Illuminations Films, ATHANOR

Languages

Ceský

Awards

6 wins & 9 nominations

Trailers
Little Otik :: Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
7,339
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
74
Popularity
NA