Merry Christmas Octopus

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Merry Christmas Octopus

1987

1h 32m

6.9(7 votes)

Comedy

Family

Science Fiction

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.

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104 members

Acting

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

Andrea

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Pavel Zedníček

Honza

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Žaneta Fuchsová

Eva

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Milan Šimáček

Honzík

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Vlastimil Brodský

Unknown Role

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Miroslav Macháček

George

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Jan Kanyza

Pierre

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Boris Rösner

Andreadis

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Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Jiřina

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Kateřina Lojdová

Eliška

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Markéta Muchová

Karin

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Jiří Kodet

Fára

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Pavel Vondruška

dirigent

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Jan Přeučil

Ing. Lanc

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Vladimír Kratina

Mertlík

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Oldřich Vlach

Fejfar

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Ladislava Kozderková

žena v lóži

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Vlastimil Bedrna

Unknown Role

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Jaroslav Moučka

Nekvasil

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Božena Fixová

Unknown Role

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Jitka Asterová

Mertlíková

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Vilma Cibulková

asistentka výzkumu v elektrárně

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Markéta Fišerová

asistentka výzkumu v elektrárně

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Jiří Havel

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Otto Šimánek

učitel

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Miloslav Štibich

Unknown Role

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Přemysl Kočí

operní pěvec (vodník) z Národního divadla

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Karel Mašek

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Renata Mašková

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Hana Nachtmanová

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Martin Otava

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Petr Bednář

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Rudolf Horák

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Valentina Thielová

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Jaroslav Mareš

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Daniela Bartáková

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Sound

Angelo Michajlov

Jedlička

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Václav Kopta

Unknown Role

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Miloslava Ebrová

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Petr Brukner

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Jaroslava Tichá

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Vladimír Linka

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Eugen Jegorov

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Josef Burda

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Jaromír Kučera

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Luděk Nešleha

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Pavel Vangeli

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Jaroslav Vozáb

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Ludvík Pozník

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Jan Kuželka

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Lena Birková

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Nina Divíšková

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Jan Strupek

Unknown Role

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Miloš Antfeist

Ballet Dancer

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Martin Barotek

Ballet Dancer

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Martin Beran

Ballet Dancer

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Helena Hájková

Ballet Dancer

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Eva Hnátková

Ballet Dancer

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Marigula Karastathi

Ballet Dancer

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Bohumil Klika

Ballet Dancer

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Bohumír Nekut

Ballet Dancer

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Olga Nekutová

Ballet Dancer

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Crew

Jiří Němeček

Ballet Dancer

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Tomáš Němeček

Ballet Dancer

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Milada Němečková

Ballet Dancer

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Jarmila Novotná

Ballet Dancer

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Zuzana Jiráčková

Ballet Dancer

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Dagmar Tomsová

Ballet Dancer

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Jiří Trojan

Ballet Dancer

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Jitka Trojanová

Ballet Dancer

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Josef Vrabec

Ballet Dancer

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Hana Ždichyncová

Ballet Dancer

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Miloslav Arbeit

Opera Singer

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Hana Beranová

Opera Singer

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Stanislav Bronec

Opera Singer

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Štěpán Buršík

Opera Singer

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Zdeňka Černá

Opera Singer

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Karel Černý

Opera Singer

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Věra Havlová

Opera Singer

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Milada Horáková

Opera Singer

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Hana Hronová

Opera Singer

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Antonín Hudi

Opera Singer

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Dalibor Janota

Opera Singer

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Soňa Janotová

Opera Singer

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František Křupala

Opera Singer

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Kateřina Kudlíková

Opera Singer

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Miroslav Mareš

Opera Singer

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Jiří Merta

Opera Singer

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Stanislava Moravová

Opera Singer

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Blanka Nyklová

Opera Singer

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Jarmila Pávová

Opera Singer

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Jiří Přibyl

Opera Singer

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Ivana Ročková

Opera Singer

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Jaroslav Šefrna

Opera Singer

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Jan Šváb

Opera Singer

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Jana Urbanová

Opera Singer

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Miroslav Vácha

Opera Singer

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Josef Vích

Opera Singer

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Helena Janečková

Opera Singer

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Josef Života

Opera Singer

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Vlastimila Vlková

Unknown Role

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Vladimír Dvořák

Unknown Role

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František Filipovský

Blue (voice)

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Jiřina Bohdalová

Green (voice)

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