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.
Directed by Jan Švankmajer
baby
based on fairy tale
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Veronika Žilková
Bozena
Jan Hartl
Karel
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Mrs. Stadler
Pavel Nový
Frantisek Stadler
Arnošt Goldflam
Gynaecologist
Jitka Smutná
Bulankova
Radek Holub
Young Postman
Zdeněk Palusga
Uniformed Policeman
Tomáš Hanák
Radio Presenter (voice)
Jiří Lábus
Policeman at Station
Jan Jiráň
Karel's Colleague
Jiří Macháček
Crew
Jan Švankmajer
Director
Jan Švankmajer
Screenplay
Keith Griffiths
Producer
Jan Švankmajer
Producer
Jaromír Kallista
Producer
Jan Švankmajer
Story
Bedřich Glaser
Animation
Ivo Špalj
Sound
Eva Švankmajerová
Costume Design
Jan Švankmajer
Costume Design
Eva Švankmajerová
Art Direction
Jan Švankmajer
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
30 reviews
danny
7.5★ · 11/09/23
eraserhead and dead alive's evil lovechild. actually really liked this. I LOVE CLAYMATION YAYYY 😁😁😁😁😁😁 was gonna copy my eraserhead and the boy review and be like "i would honestly mother him" but that girl took over for me. in the words of oingo boingo, he's only a lad ☹️
eraserhead and dead alive's evil lovechild. actually really liked this. I LOVE CLAYMATION YAYYY 😁😁😁😁😁😁 was gonna copy my eraserhead and the boy review and be like "i would honestly mother him" but that girl took over for me. in the words of oingo boingo, he's only a lad ☹️
Tess
8.0★ · 03/07/26
daisy brown
daisy brown
Julia Paul
10.0★ · 12/20/25
Švankmajer How i love you. PURE CINEMA
Švankmajer How i love you. PURE CINEMA
Roxsy Lee wood
8.0★ · 11/29/25
I’d like to believe that Eraserhead baby and little Otik would be buddies.
I’d like to believe that Eraserhead baby and little Otik would be buddies.
