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Little Otik = Otesánek

Author: Jan ŠvankmajerVeronika ŽilkováJan HartlJaroslava KretschimerováPavel NovýAll authors
Publisher: [United States] : Zeitgeist Video, ©2002.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : Partial animation : Czech
Summary:
In this adaptation of a Czech legend about an infertile couple, a husband presents a tree stump that physically resembles a baby to console his wife. When she treats it like a real baby, it comes to life and acquires a monstrous appetite.
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Genre/Form: Fantasy films
Horror films
Feature films
Drama
Material Type: Partial animation, Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Jan Švankmajer; Veronika Žilková; Jan Hartl; Jaroslava Kretschimerová; Pavel Nový; Kristina Adamcová; Juraj Galvánek; Karel Jaromír Erben; Zeitgeist Films.; Athenor Film Production Company.; Illumination Films.; FilmFour (Firm)
OCLC Number: 51783432
Language Note: In Czech with English subtitles.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
Original aspect ratio: 1:33:1.
Special features include Švankmajer interview, production diary, photo gallery, theatrical trailer and a 1969 short film, "The Flat" (12 min.).
Based on the fairy tale by Karel Jaromír Erben.
Credits: Cinematography, Juraj Galvánek ; film editing, Marie Zemanová ; animation, Bedřich Glaser, Martin Kublák.
Cast: Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschimerová, Pavel Nový, Kristina Adamcová.
Awards: Czech Lion: Best Art Direction, Best Film, Best Film Poster, 2002.
Description: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD.
Other Titles: Flat.
Otesánek (Motion picture)
Otesánek
Greedy guts
Barrandov biografia.
Responsibility: [produced by] Zeitgeist Films ; Athanor Film Production Company, Jaromír Kallista, Jan Švankmajer ; a co-production with Illuminations Films, Keith Griffiths in association with Filmfour and Barrandov Biografia, Helen Uldrichova present a film by Jan Švankmajer ; story, screenplay and direction, Jan Švankmajer.

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In this adaptation of a Czech legend about an infertile couple, a husband presents a tree stump that physically resembles a baby to console his wife. When she treats it like a real baby, it comes to life and acquires a monstrous appetite.
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