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Little Otik = Otesánek / [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.
LIBRA DVD PG5038.E7 O842 2002
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Standardized Title:
- Otesánek (Motion picture)
- Language:
- Czech
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Erben, Karel Jaromír, 1811-1870--Film adaptations.
- Erben, Karel Jaromír.
- Mother and child--Czech Republic--Drama.
- Mother and child.
- Childlessness--Drama.
- Childlessness.
- Parenting--Drama.
- Parenting.
- Love, Maternal--Drama.
- Love, Maternal.
- Tales--Czech Republic--Film adaptations.
- Tales.
- Infertility--Czech Republic--Drama.
- Infertility.
- Monsters--Czech Republic--Drama.
- Monsters.
- Erben, Karel Jaromír, 1811-1870.
- Czech Republic.
- Genre:
- Fantasy films.
- Horror films.
- Motion pictures -- Czech Republic.
- Feature films -- Czech Republic.
- Foreign language films -- Czech.
- Drama
- Fantasy films
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Film adaptations
- Horror films
- Feature films.
- Motion pictures, Czech Republic.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Otesánek
- Also known as: Greedy guts
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Zeitgeist Video, ©2002.
- Language Note:
- Czech dialogue with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (original aspect ratio: 1:33:1); Dolby Digital 2.0.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- Veronika Zilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschimerová, Pavel Nový, Kristina Adamcová.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Juraj Galvánek ; film editing, Marie Zemanová ; animation, Bedřich Glaser, Martin Kublák.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.
- Special features include Švankmajer interview, production diary, photo gallery, theatrical trailer and a 1969 short film, "The flat" = "Byt" (12 min.).
- Based on the fairy tale by Karel Jaromír Erben.
- Czech Lion: Best Art Direction, Best Film, Best Film Poster, 2002.
- Contains:
- Byt.
- Flat.
- OCLC:
- 51783432
- Publisher Number:
- 795975103138
- Z1031 Zeitgeist Video
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