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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.
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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.
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Genre:Family, Fantasy
Written By:Jan Drda, Martin Frič
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast
Martin Frič
Director
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
Josef Hlinomaz
krupař Johan Bašta
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