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
Veronika Žilková
Bozena
Jan Hartl
Karel
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Mrs. Stadler
Pavel Nový
Frantisek Stadler
Kristina Adamcová
Alzbetka
Dagmar Stríbrná
Mrs. Administrator
Zdeněk Kozák
Mr. Zlabek
Gustav Vondráček
Mladek
Arnošt Goldflam
Gynaecologist
Jitka Smutná
Bulankova
Radek Holub
Young Postman
Zdeněk Palusga
Uniformed Policeman
Frantisek Polata
Plainclothes Policeman
Vaclav Jezek
Plainclothes Policeman
Joseph Cahill
Unknown
Tomáš Hanák
Radio Presenter (voice)
Jiří Lábus
Policeman at Station
Jan Jiráň
Karel's Colleague
Jiří Macháček
Unknown
Crew
Jan Švankmajer
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Costume Design, Art Direction
Karel Jaromír Erben
Story
Marie Zemanová
Editor
Juraj Galvánek
Director of Photography
Shimon Shemtov
First Assistant Director
Martin Kublák
First Assistant Director, Animation
Keith Griffiths
Producer
Jaromír Kallista
Producer
Jan Růžička
Camera Operator
Eva Švankmajerová
Costume Design, Art Direction
Bedřich Glaser
Animation
Božena Došlá
Makeup Artist
Alena Šedová
Makeup Artist
Marika Novotná
Sound Effects Editor
Karel Süssmilch
Sound Effects Editor
Jitka Zvirocká
Sound Effects Editor
Zdeněk Dušek
Sound Effects Editor
Olga Čechová
Sound Effects Editor
Ivo Špalj
Sound
Martin Stejskal
Special Effects
Karel Vaňásek
Property Master
Daniel Bird
Prop Designer
