Otesánek

132 minutes

1/25/2001

Overview

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.

Cast List

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