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Little Otik
Original Title
Otesánek...aka Greedy Guts- Director: Jan Svankmajer
- Writer: Karel Jaromír Erben; Jan Svankmajer
- Producer: Keith Griffiths; Jaromír Kallista
CGiii Comment
This is insanity of metaphor and symbol.
It is too long - the 'joke' does wear a little thin. But...for sheer imagination - it would be difficult to overtake.
Wonderfully absurd.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
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.
Cast & Characters
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Veronika Zilková |
Bozena |
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Jan Hartl |
Karel |
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Jaroslava Kretschmerová |
Alzbetka´s Mother |
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Pavel Nový |
Alzbetka´s Father |
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Kristina Adamcová |
Alzbetka |
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Dagmar Stríbrná |
Pani spravcova |
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Zdenek Kozák |
Mr. Zlabek |
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Gustav Vondracek |
Mladek, the postman |
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Arnost Goldflam |
Gynaecologist |
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Jitka Smutná |
Bulankova, the social worker |
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Jirí Lábus |
Policeman at station |
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Radek Holub |
Young postman |
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Jan Jirán |
Karel´s co-worker |
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Zdenek Palusga |
Uniformed policeman |
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Frantisek Polata |
Plainclothes policeman |