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Opening Wknd:  FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Gross: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Genre: Comedy / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Thriller /  more » Awards: 6 wins & 8 nominations  more » User Ratings: 7.2 (3,563 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: 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. When the root takes life they seem to have gained a child; but its appetite is much greater than a normal child.  more »

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Filmmakers: Jan Svankmajer - Director / Writer (screenplay) (story) / Producer / Production Designer, Karel Jaromír Erben - Writer (fairy tale), Keith Griffiths - Producer, Jaromír Kallista - Producer, Juraj Galvánek - Cinematographer, Eva Svankmajerová - Production Designer, Marie Zemanová - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Veronika Zilková ... Bozena	147,150
	Jan Hartl ... Karel	222,800
	Jaroslava Kretschmerová ... Alzbetka's Mother	150,485
	Pavel Nový ... Alzbetka's Father	145,992
	Kristina Adamcová ... Alzbetka	288,480