Merry Christmas Octopus

Nov 1, 1987

1h 32m

★ 6.6

Overview

Eva and her younger brother Johnny own two sentient octopuses made out of strange matter. Will their parents divorce and ruin Christmas? Will a scientist find a way to use their pets as fuel? Live action film with stop-motion octopuses.

Genres

Comedy

Family

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Filmexport Praha

WDR

Südwestfunk

DRS

ORF

Revcom Télévision

RTP

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Cast

Andrea

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

Honza

Pavel Zedníček

Eva

Žaneta Fuchsová

Honzík

Milan Šimáček

Vlastimil Brodský

George

Miroslav Macháček

Pierre

Jan Kanyza

Andreadis

Boris Rösner

Jiřina

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Eliška

Kateřina Lojdová

Karin

Markéta Muchová

Fára

Jiří Kodet

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