Darbujan and Pandrhola

A poor miner, Kuba Dařbuján, cares for his wife Markýtka and eleven children. When a newborn arrives, he seeks a godfather and, finding only Death fair to all, accepts a pact: as a doctor whom Death accompanies at the foot of a patient’s bed, he can heal; but if Death stands at the head, no cure is possible. Kuba eventually heals even a miserly brewer, violating the pact and imprisoning Death, leading to a world where no one can die and unforeseen chaos follows.

Cast

Jiří Sovák

Kuba Dařbuján, havíř a léčitel

Běla Jurdová

Markýtka, Dařbujánova žena

Rudolf Hrušínský

Pandrhola, sládek

Pavla Maršálková

Pandrholova žena

Bohumil Švarc

havíř Matěj Klofát

Květa Fialová

Marijánka, Klofátova žena

Václav Lohniský

kmotr Smrťák

Bohuš Záhorský

stařeček Pánbůh

Otakar Brousek

čert

Stanislav Neumann

děda Pšuk