Darbujan and Pandrhola

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 10, 1960

Original language

Czech

Spoken languages

Czech

Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Cast

Jiří Sovák,Běla Jurdová,Rudolf Hrušínský,Pavla Maršálková,Bohumil Švarc,Květa Fialová,Václav Lohniský,Bohuš Záhorský,Otakar Brousek,Stanislav Neumannand 40 more

Director

Martin Frič

Writer

Martin Frič,Jan Drda,Miloš Brož

Producer

Jaromír Ptáček

Cinematography

Jan Novák

Music

Jiří Srnka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0052721