Directed by:
Jindřich PolákScreenplay:
Ota HofmanCinematography:
Emil SirotekComposer:
Angelo MichajlovCast:
Pavel Zedníček, Dagmar Havlová, Milan Šimáček, Žaneta Fuchsová, Boris Rösner, Miroslav Macháček, Josef Bláha, Oldřich Kaiser, Kateřina Lojdová (more)Plots(1)
Seven-year Honzík and his nine-year-old sister Eva head out with their parents on a not-quite-fun vacation to Portugal. They fail to see a ban on swimming at beaches affected by oil spills and the whole family gets arrested when the go swimming. The parents have another reason to argue and the children take home two mysterious objects from the beach, which reform into two little octopuses. They're unaware that the stuff is alive and has fled from the scientific research ship of Professor George, whose team discovered it in the depths of the sea. And because this stuff is not only alive, but also speaks, is extremely curious, and unexpectedly responsive to electricity, strange things begin to happen around the Holan house. It gets worse when George and his people trace the mysterious material to Prague's the Holan family's neighborhood. (Zlín Film Festival)
(more)Cast
![Pavel Zedníček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/806/164806279_773a25.jpg)
Pavel Zedníček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
Silent Pain (1990)
![Dagmar Havlová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/696/163696622_b8f1a6.png)
Dagmar Havlová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdina roba (1992) (theatrical recording)
Noc pastýřů (1993) (TV movie)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
![Milan Šimáček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269475_845eac.jpg)
Milan Šimáček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Who's That Soldier? (1987)
What's Up Doc? (1984)
Poločas štěstí (1984)
![Žaneta Fuchsová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268324_c3ff93.jpg)
Žaneta Fuchsová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Počítání oveček (1981) (TV movie)
Lucy, Terror of the Street (1983)
The Octopuses from the Second Floor (1986)
![Boris Rösner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268595_78c8f8.jpg)
Boris Rösner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Poslední dopis (1973) (TV movie)
![Miroslav Macháček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268539_1fadf5.jpg)
Miroslav Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
![Josef Bláha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/107/168107683_ts43sq.jpg)
Josef Bláha
Yugoslavia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Oldřich Kaiser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/971/163971357_4a2abb.png)
Oldřich Kaiser
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
U Tlučhořů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
![Kateřina Lojdová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268405_42c2b7.jpg)
Kateřina Lojdová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Octopuses from the Second Floor (1986)
Merry Christmas Octopus (1986)
Sun, Hay and a Few Slaps (1989)
![Vladimír Kratina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/857/163857547_8ad216.png)
Vladimír Kratina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Methanol (2018) (TV movie)
Brakýři (1983) (TV movie)
Přítelkyně z domu smutku (1992) (series)
![Jan Kanyza](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268737_5c6892.jpg)
Jan Kanyza
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
Lovec (1980) (TV movie)
![Otto Šimánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268669_c79972.jpg)
Otto Šimánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Men About Town (1969)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
![Jaroslava Kretschmerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268242_a7331a.jpg)
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
![Jiřina Bohdalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281477_f09307.jpg)
Jiřina Bohdalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Pohádky pod sněhem (1985)
![Nina Divíšková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268300_2e99ee.jpg)
Nina Divíšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Podivné odpoledne Dr. Zvonka Burkeho (1991) (theatrical recording)
![Jaroslav Moučka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268728_2c516e.jpg)
Jaroslav Moučka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![František Filipovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268130_966c13.jpg)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Vlastimil Brodský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281492_215952.jpg)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
![Ondřej Havelka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268651_b6014a.jpg)
Ondřej Havelka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Saturnin (1994)
Strach má velké oči (1980) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
![Martin Šotola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275764_8fdb89.jpg)
Martin Šotola
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Zlá krev (1986) (series)
Melichar the Boot (1983)