

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.
Martin Frič
kmotr Smrťák

Bohuš Záhorský
stařeček Pánbůh

Otakar Brousek
čert

Stanislav Neumann
děda Pšuk

Josef Hlinomaz
krupař Johan Bašta
Ilona Kubásková
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