Comedy Horror Drama Fantasy
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.
Directed by
Jan Švankmajer
Tomáš Hanák
Radio Presenter (voice)
Jiří Lábus
Policeman at Station
Arnošt Goldflam
Gynaecologist
Jitka Smutná
Bulankova
Radek Holub
Young Postman
Zdeněk Palusga
Uniformed Policeman
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Mrs. Stadler
Jan Hartl
Karel
Jiří Macháček
Pavel Nový
Frantisek Stadler
Veronika Žilková
Bozena
Kristina Adamcová
Alzbetka
Dagmar Stríbrná
Mrs. Administrator
Zdeněk Kozák
Mr. Zlabek
Gustav Vondráček
Mladek
Frantisek Polata
Plainclothes Policeman
Vaclav Jezek
Plainclothes Policeman
Joseph Cahill
Jan Jiráň
Karel's Colleague

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