
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.

as Kuba Dařbuján, havíř a léčitel

as Markýtka, Dařbujánova žena

as Pandrhola, sládek

as Pandrholova žena

as havíř Matěj Klofát

as Marijánka, Klofátova žena

as kmotr Smrťák

as stařeček Pánbůh

as čert

as děda Pšuk

as krupař Johan Bašta

as Filoména, krupařova žena

as pláteník

as plátenice

as Verunka, dcera pláteníkových

as kovářský

as děvečka Anka

as havíř klarinetista

as řezník

as koktavý doktor

as hostinský na Kocandě

as havíř

as havíř, otec nemocného dítěte

as havířova žena, matka nemocného dítěte

as havířská žena

as havířská žena

as havířská žena

as havířská žena

as porodní bába

as havíř Choura

as zpívající opilec

as opilec

as měštka

as měštka

as doktor

as bednář

as syn Dařbujánových

as kočí Vojta

as děvečka od pláteníkových

as Pšukova žena

as sladovnický

as pomocník u krupaře

as krejčí

as krejčí

as doktor

as hospodský

as hospodský z Ouběnic

as sladovnický

as matka nemocného dítěte

as havíř
