When a childless couple learn that they cannot have children, it causes great distress. To ease his wife's pain, the man finds a piece of root in the backyard and chops it and varnishes it into the shape of a child. However the woman takes the root as her baby and starts to pretend that it is real.
| Directing | Jan Švankmajer | Director |
| Writing | Jan Švankmajer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jan Švankmajer | Story |
| Crew | Martin Stejskal | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Bedřich Glaser | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Martin Kublák | Animation |
| Camera | Juraj Galvánek | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Karel Jaromír Erben | Story |
| Directing | Martin Kublák | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Shimon Shemtov | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Švankmajer | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Švankmajerová | Costume Design |
| Editing | Marie Zemanová | Editor |
| Sound | Ivo Špalj | Sound |
| Production | Jaromír Kallista | Producer |
| Camera | Jan Růžička | Camera Operator |
| Production | Keith Griffiths | Producer |
| Production | Jan Švankmajer | Producer |
| Art | Jan Švankmajer | Production Design |
| Art | Eva Švankmajerová | Production Design |
| Sound | Olga Čechová | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Zdeněk Dušek | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Marika Novotná | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Karel Süssmilch | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Jitka Zvirocká | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Božena Došlá | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alena Šedová | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Karel Vaňásek | Property Master |
| Art | Daniel Bird | Prop Designer |
