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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. When the root takes life they seem to have gained a child; but it's appetite is much greater than a normal child
Original Release
01/25/2001
US Release
12/19/2001
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Veronika Žilková | Bozena Horáková / Bozena |
| Jan Hartl | Karel / Karel Horák |
| Jaroslava Kretschmerová | Paní Stádlerová / Mrs. Stadler |
| Pavel Novy | Frantisek Stádler / Frantisek Stadler |
| Kristina Adamcová | Alzbetka |
| Dagmar Stríbrná | Pani správcová / Mrs. Administrator |
| Zdenek Kozák | Mr. Zlabek |
| Gustav Vondracek | Mladek, the postman / Mladek |
| Arnošt Goldflam | Gynaecologist |
| Jitka Smutná | Bulankova, the social worker / Bulankova |
Directors
Writers
Jan Svankmajer, Karel Jaromír Erben
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Veronika Žilková | Bozena Horáková / Bozena |
| Jan Hartl | Karel / Karel Horák |
| Jaroslava Kretschmerová | Paní Stádlerová / Mrs. Stadler |
| Pavel Novy | Frantisek Stádler / Frantisek Stadler |
| Kristina Adamcová | Alzbetka |
| Dagmar Stríbrná | Pani správcová / Mrs. Administrator |
| Zdenek Kozák | Mr. Zlabek |
| Gustav Vondracek | Mladek, the postman / Mladek |
| Arnošt Goldflam | Gynaecologist |
| Jitka Smutná | Bulankova, the social worker / Bulankova |
| Jirí Lábus | Policeman at station |
| Radek Holub | Young postman |
| Jan Jirán | Karel's co-worker / Karel's Colleague |
| Zdenek Palusga | Uniformed policeman |
| Frantisek Polata | Plainclothes policeman |
| Vaclav Jezek | Plainclothes policeman |
| Joseph Cahill | |
| Tomáš Hanák | Radio presenter |
| Vincent Navrátil |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jan Svankmajer | Producer |
| Keith Griffiths | Producer |
Editors
