''The Little Man'' () is a Czech-Slovak stop-motion animated film directed by Radek Beran. It is based on a book called Velká cesta malého pána (Great Journey of the Little Man).

Plot

The Little Man lives in his little house in Hollow Mountain. His peaceful life ends when he has a dream of a mysterious house is to find something that he is missing. Since he himself does not feel that he is missing anything, he decides to get to the bottom of the mystery. He goes to the Empty Head to ask where to find the mysterious house. Empty Head however needs to drink sparkling waters of the lake island to give him the advice. Little Man thus sets out to journey and meets a lot of friends and helpers on his way along with enemies who want to prevent him from reaching his goal. In the end, he manages to overcome all obstacles and gets the sparkling water. Empty Head remembers the house and gives The Little Man required advice. The Little Man in the end discovers that what he was missing was right in front of his nose from the beginning.

Voice actors

Saša Rašilov Saša Rašilov (6 September 1891 – 4 May 1955) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1913 and 1954. Rašilov was an actor, comedian, clown and cabaret, grandfather of actor Saša Rašilov Jr. and his brother Vac ...

as The Little Man * Valerie Zawadská as Empty Head * Zuzana Bydžovská as Rybabice * Táňa Vilhelmová as Wall foot *

Vladimír Javorský Vladimír Javorský (born 2 May 1962 in Ostrava Ostrava (; pl, Ostrawa; german: Ostrau ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic, and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 280,000 inhabitants. It lies from the b ...

as Tiny Master *

Miroslav Táborský Miroslav Táborský (born 9 November 1959 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech actor who has appeared on Czech television series, as well as in American movies. Táborský studied physics at the University of Hradec Králové, and then graduate ...

as Promodral *

Tomáš Procházka Tomáš Procházka (born 14 April 1981) is a professional Czech football player who currently plays for SK Kladno. He was club captain for Viktoria Žižkov Viktoria usually refers to Viktoria, a name which is the same as Victoria (name), but m ...

as Captain Beefheart *

Jiří Ornest Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to: Given name B *Jiří Antonín Benda *Jiří Baborovský * Jiří Barta * Jiří Bartoška *Jiří Bicek *Jiří Bobok *Jiří Bubla * Jiř ...

as Woodpecker * Pavel Liška as Brazen scumbag *

Vanda Hybnerová Vanda Hybnerová (born 30 September 1968) is a Czech stage and film actress. After studying at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague, she appeared in various theatres in Prague. She was named the Best Actress in a Play at the 2004 Thalia Awards. Foll ...

as Great distress * Lumír Tuček as Researchers *

Jan Vondráček Jan Vondráček (born 16 August 1966 in Prague) is a Czech actor and dubber. He starred in the film '' Operace Silver A'' under director Jiří Strach in 2007. From 9 January 2023, he is the voice announcer for Trams in Prague, as part of the Pra ...

as Librarian * Klára Sedláčková as larve Fída *

Ota Jirák OTA or ota may stand for: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Off the Air'', an Adult Swim television series * Otakon, an annual anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland Electronics, science, and technology * Ochratoxin A (also termed OTA), a mycoto ...

Production

Filming started during second half of August 2014 in the forests of Písecko. The appearance of the puppets was created by František Antonín Skála, the group Buchty a loutky participated in the filming.

Reception

The film received mostly positive reviews from critics. Kinobox lists 7 reviews with 6 of them positive and one mixed. The film was nominated for the Czech Film Critics Award in the category of audiovisual work but didn't win the award. The film won Children's Jury Award - Beroun Bear at 2016 Trilobit Awards.

Sequel

Sequel called " Big Man" (originally titled The Little Man II) is scheduled for release in 2024.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Little Man 2015 animated films 2015 films Czech animated adventure films 2010s Czech-language films Slovak animated films Films based on books 2010s stop-motion animated films Czech Television original films