Little Otik

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Cast & Crew

Veronika Zilková
Bozena

Jan Hartl
Karel

Kristina Adamcova
Alzbetka

Jaroslava Kretschmerova
Alzbetka´s Mother

Pavel Novy
Alzbetka´s Father

Jan Svankmajer
Director

Jan Svankmajer
Writer

Jan Svankmajer
Writer

Keith Griffiths
Producer

Jaromír Kallista
Producer

Jan Svankmajer
Producer

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Audience Reviews for Little Otik

• Sep 18, 2012

  An infertile couple pretend a tree stump is a baby, but trouble arises when it comes to life and needs to be fed. The laughs are as twisted as the gnarled roots little Otik uses to grab his dinner in this black comedy adaptation of a European folktale with hints of horror and flecks of surrealism.
  Greg S Super Reviewer
• Dec 20, 2011

  Could have been a fantastic, innovative film if not for a "protagonist" so despicable and revolting that I spent half the film wishing for the nosy, disrespectful, spoiled little brat's demise (the little girl.)
  Edward S Super Reviewer
• Jan 13, 2010

  <i>"Show me your Otik. That's his name, isn't it? Don't worry, i won't eat him."</i><br/><br/> <b>Director:</b> Jan Svankmajer <b>Starring:</b> Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Novy <b>Running time:</b> 132 minutes <b>Country:</b> Czech Republic, UK, Japan<br/><br/> I had no knowledge at all of this film, the director or the actosr within this film so I had no idea of what to expect. The reason why I watched this was because my tutor at my college wanted us to watch it. It is a mixture of live action and stop-motion animation. It is definitely one of the most psychologically disturbing films I have ever seen. It was deeply interesting to start with but when things started changing, it started going silly, cheesy and, to be honest, predictable.<br/><br/> Jan Hartl's performance as Karel was awesome! Him and his wife Bozena are going through a very difficult time because they cannot have a child. To ease his wife's pain, Karel digs up a massive root from their garden and carvs it into the shape of a human baby. When the root baby was presented to Bozena, she starts treating it like a real baby like feeding it, changing it and everything! Veronika Zilková's performance was for me incredibly disturbing yet psychologically awesome! Her type of character has been used in some films and especially used in TV shows in the past.<br/><br/> This film had great direction with lots of fast moving shots. There was stop-motion involved like Otik as it was crying or screaming. That was obviously cheesy but I don't think they actually wanted actual 3D animation within the film. The film was produced by a studio in Prague where I was going to visit.<br/><br/> Overall, Little Otik is an extremely disturbing fantasy horror film that is very hard to watch. Only flaw is that story goes cheesy at it goes on towards the end. Despite that, it was an enjoyable film to watch.
  Samuel J Super Reviewer
• May 14, 2009

  Like merging Lynch's The Grandmother & Eraserhead and making it more straightforward but also more twisted at the same time
  Arash X Super Reviewer