

Merry Christmas Octopus
1987-11-01 · 92 min · ★ 6.8
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.
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Production details
- Directors
- Jindřich Polák
- Production companies
- Filmové studio Barrandov, Filmexport Praha, WDR, BR, Südwestfunk, DRS, ORF, Revcom Télévision, RTP
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France, Portugal
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Dagmar Havlová VeškrnováAndrea
Pavel ZedníčekHonza
Žaneta FuchsováEva
Milan ŠimáčekHonzík
Vlastimil Brodský
Miroslav MacháčekGeorge
Jan KanyzaPierre
Boris RösnerAndreadis
Jaroslava KretschmerováJiřina
Kateřina LojdováEliška
Jiří KodetFára
Pavel Vondruškadirigent
Jan PřeučilIng. Lanc
Vladimír KratinaMertlík
Oldřich VlachFejfar
Ladislava Kozderkovážena v lóži
Vlastimil Bedrna
Jaroslav MoučkaNekvasilTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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