Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)

6.7/10 80 min Family Fantasy

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

Jiří Sovák

Kuba Dařbuján, havíř a léčitel

Běla Jurdová

Markýtka, Dařbujánova žena

Rudolf Hrušínský

Pandrhola, sládek

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

Josef Hlinomaz

krupař Johan Bašta

Ota Motyčka

pláteník

Milka Balek-Brodská

plátenice

Karel Fiala

kovářský

Alena Kreuzmannová

děvečka Anka

Eman Fiala

havíř klarinetista

Václav Trégl

řezník

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