Konrad is a factory-made child, perfect in every way. When he is mistakenly delivered to the eccentric Mrs. Bartelotti, the factory demands his return. Konrad must go against everything he has been taught to stand up to his creators.
Production
Bizarre factory aesthetic that screams 'we ran out of budget'
Acting
Polly Holliday's unhinged maternal energy carries entire film
Director
Nell Cox
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This West German TV movie got buried in America but became a VHS legend through constant Disney Channel reruns, creating two generations who remember 'that robot boy movie' but can't name it.
Huckleberry Fox quit acting entirely after this, making Konrad his final performance—perhaps method acting the character's own rejection of manufactured identity.
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