
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.
6.7
19 reviewsRuntime: 80 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1960-06-10
Director(s): Martin Frič
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Languages: Czech
IMDB: tt0052721