
Overview
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
Kuba Dařbuján, havíř a léčitel
Markýtka, Dařbujánova žena
Pandrhola, sládek
Pandrholova žena
havíř Matěj Klofát
Marijánka, Klofátova žena
kmotr Smrťák
stařeček Pánbůh
čert
děda Pšuk
krupař Johan Bašta
Filoména, krupařova žena