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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.
Director
Jan Švankmajer
Production
ATHANOR
Revenue
$116,710
Cast
Veronika Žilková
Bozena
Jan Hartl
Karel
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Mrs. Stadler
Pavel Nový
Frantisek Stadler
K
Kristina Adamcová
Alzbetka
D
Dagmar Stríbrná
Mrs. Administrator
Z
Zdeněk Kozák
Mr. Zlabek
G
Gustav Vondráček
Mladek
Arnošt Goldflam
Gynaecologist
Jitka Smutná
Bulankova
