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Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)

Darbujan and Pandrhola (1960)

Fantasy Family
Release Date: 1960, June 10
Directors: Martin Frič
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Karel Fiala, Bohumil Švarc, Rudolf Hrušínský, Otakar Brousek, Květa Fialová, Oleg Reif, Jiří Sovák, Marie Kautská, Alena Kreuzmannová, Josef Langmiler, Miloš Vavruška, Jarmila Kurandová

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.

Keywords:

fairy tale based on children's book