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.
Jiří Sovák
as Kuba Dařbuján, havíř a léčitel
Běla Jurdová
as Markýtka, Dařbujánova žena
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Pandrhola, sládek
Pavla Maršálková
as Pandrholova žena
Bohumil Švarc
as havíř Matěj Klofát
Květa Fialová
as Marijánka, Klofátova žena
Václav Lohniský
as kmotr Smrťák
Bohuš Záhorský
as stařeček Pánbůh
Otakar Brousek
as čert
Stanislav Neumann
as děda Pšuk
Josef Hlinomaz
as krupař Johan Bašta
Ilona Kubásková
as Filoména, krupařova žena
