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Merry Christmas Octopus(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-11-01
66%
8 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
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.
Languages: Czech.
Countries:
Czechoslovakia,
Germany,
Switzerland,
Austria,
France,
Portugal
ProductionCompanies: 
Filmexport Praha
DRS
Revcom Télévision
Movie: Merry Christmas Octopus
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová
Andrea
Pavel Zedníček
Honza
Žaneta Fuchsová
Eva
Milan Šimáček
Honzík
Vlastimil Brodský
Miroslav Macháček
George
Jan Kanyza
Pierre
Boris Rösner
Andreadis
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Jiřina
Kateřina Lojdová
Eliška
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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.
Release Date
1987-11-01
Average
6.625
Rating:
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