Summary
Director Jindřich Polák and screenwriter Otta Hofman filmed this sequel to the family comedy Chobotnice z II. patra (The Octopuses from the Second Floor, 1986) in the same year as the original was made. Veselé Vánoce přejí chobotnice (Merry Christmas from the Octopuses!) continues the story of young siblings Eva and Honzík Holanový and their amazing little “octopus” friends Modrá and Zelená (Blue and Green). These creatures are made from a strange substance found by the sea, which has come to life. This time, the creatures help to try to prevent the divorce of the Holan parents. Though they cause a good deal of trouble, they ultimately help to save the marriage of the truck driver husband and his National Theatre-based opera singer wife. This light-hearted tale sees Žaneta Fuchsová and Milan Šimáček in the children’s roles. Dagmar Veškrnová and Pavel Zedníček play the parents. Zelená is voiced by Jiřina Bohdalová, who in 1983 also voiced the green figure Ferda in Polák’s “Lucie” stories: Lucie, postrach ulice (Lucy, Terror of the Street, 1980) and …a zase ta Lucie (Lucy Again!, 1983).
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