# Little Otik (2001)

> A grieving Czech couple’s manufactured child becomes a ravenous folkloric nightmare in Jan Švankmajer’s grotesque stop-motion fairy tale.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/11444

## Facts

- Runtime: 131 min
- Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
- Director: Jan Švankmajer
- Cast: Veronika Žilková, Jan Hartl, Jaroslava Kretschmerová, Pavel Nový, Kristina Adamcová, Dagmar Stríbrná, Zdeněk Kozák, Gustav Vondráček
- TMDB rating: 7.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0228687/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: mild
- Mood: whimsical, grotesque, surreal, arthouse movie night, dark fairy tale night

## Synopsis

A whimsical tale where a couple's longing for a child leads to unexpected and bizarre consequences.

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