Country
Italy
Date
Sep 07, 2000
Note
Venice Film Festival
From the creator of "Alice" and "Faust" comes a most unusual baby…
2h 12min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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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 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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Gustav Vondráček | Mladek |
| Arnošt Goldflam | Gynaecologist |
| Jitka Smutná | Bulankova |
| Radek Holub | Young Postman |
| Zdeněk Palusga | Uniformed Policeman |
| Frantisek Polata | Plainclothes Policeman |
| Vaclav Jezek | Plainclothes Policeman |
| Joseph Cahill | |
| Tomáš Hanák | Radio Presenter (voice) |
| Jiří Lábus | Policeman at Station |
| Jan Jiráň | Karel's Colleague |
| Jiří Macháček |
Genres
ComedyFantasyHorrorAnimation
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Otesánek |
| Lingua originale | Český (CS) |
| Lingue parlate | Český |
| Paesi di produzione | Czech Republic, United Kingdom |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | ATHANOR, Illuminations Films |
| Data di uscita | 25 gennaio 2001 |
| Producer | Keith Griffiths, Jan Švankmajer, Jaromír Kallista |
| Writer | Jan Švankmajer, Karel Jaromír Erben |
| Editors | Marie Zemanová |
| Cinematography | Juraj Galvánek, Jan Růžička |
| Asst. Directors | Shimon Shemtov, Martin Kublák, Jan Švankmajer |
| Camera Operators | Jan Růžička, Juraj Galvánek |
| Add. Photography | Juraj Galvánek, Jan Růžička |
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| Production Design | Daniel Bird, Karel Vaňásek, Eva Švankmajerová, Jan Švankmajer |
| Art Direction | Eva Švankmajerová, Jan Švankmajer, Daniel Bird, Karel Vaňásek |
| Set Decoration | Daniel Bird, Karel Vaňásek, Eva Švankmajerová, Jan Švankmajer |
| Special Effects | Martin Stejskal |
| Visual Effects | Martin Kublák, Bedřich Glaser |
| Composer | Marika Novotná, Karel Süssmilch, Jitka Zvirocká, Zdeněk Dušek, Olga Čechová, Ivo Špalj |
| Sound | Marika Novotná, Karel Süssmilch, Jitka Zvirocká, Zdeněk Dušek, Olga Čechová, Ivo Špalj |
| Costume Design | Jan Švankmajer, Eva Švankmajerová, Božena Došlá, Alena Šedová |
| Makeup | Božena Došlá, Alena Šedová, Jan Švankmajer, Eva Švankmajerová |
| Hairstyling | Božena Došlá, Alena Šedová, Jan Švankmajer, Eva Švankmajerová |
| Incasso | 116.710 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Theatrical release
Country
Czechia
Date
Jan 25, 2001
Certification
12+
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Oct 26, 2001
Certification
15
Country
United States
Date
Dec 19, 2001
Digital
Country
Japan
Date
Nov 03, 2001
Certification
PG12
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