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The Octopuses from the Second Floor

The Octopuses from the Second Floor

61986•55m•7.0/10
ComedySci-Fi & FantasyFamily

Ratings

🎬TMDb
7.0/10(4)

While on vacation with their bickering parents in Portugal, Eva and her little brother Johnny find two strange clots of clay on a polluted beach, who can speak and move on their own. They create two octopuses out of the blue and green material and take them home to Prague, soon discovering that their new pets attract electricity and other disasters.

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Production

Filmexport Praha, BR, Südwestfunk, WDR, SRF, ORF, Revcom Télévision, RTP

Language

DE

Status

Ended

First Aired

December 21, 1986

Last Aired

December 28, 1986

Networks

Das Erste

Created By

Ota Hofman, Jindřich Polák

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.
Season
Episode 01
E1
Episode 01
Air date: 1986-12-21
Episode 02
E2
Episode 02
Air date: 1986-12-25
Episode 03
E3
Episode 03
Air date: 1986-12-26
Episode 04
E4
Episode 04
Air date: 1986-12-28

Cast

Milan Šimáček

Milan Šimáček

Honzík Holan

Žaneta Fuchsová

Žaneta Fuchsová

Eva

Pavel Zedníček

Pavel Zedníček

Honza Holan

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

Andrea Holanová

Miroslav Macháček

Miroslav Macháček

George

Josef Bláha

Josef Bláha

Policeman

Přemysl Kočí

Mefisto

Jaroslav Moučka

Jaroslav Moučka

Nekvasil

Vlastimil Brodský

Vlastimil Brodský

Holan

Boris Rösner

Boris Rösner

Andreadis

Jan Kanyza

Jan Kanyza

Pierre

Kateřina Lojdová

Kateřina Lojdová

Eliška

Oldřich Kaiser

Oldřich Kaiser

Sergeant

Nina Divíšková

Nina Divíšková

Veselá

Vladimír Kratina

Vladimír Kratina

Mertlík

Ondřej Havelka

Ondřej Havelka

Bóďa

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Jiřina

Otto Šimánek

Otto Šimánek

Teacher

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