Plots(1)
A series of five stories: "Miserly Barka" revolves around the efforts of various persons to dispose of the body of a miserly old woman; "When the Oak Leaves Fall" tells of how a drunken peasant makes a deal with the devil, whom that man subsequently outwits; "Fearless Franta" relates how the father of a young man who is afraid of nothing arranges for his son to spend a night in a tavern where the spirits of the dead gather to gamble and cavort; "A Dream Fulfilled" is about an elderly farmer who squanders his money playing the lottery, and "Fimfarum" centers on a blacksmith with a scheming, unfaithful wife who is forced to perform a variety of impossible tasks. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jan Werich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268969_fbfcd9.jpg)
Jan Werich
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
![Ota Jirák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268631_7cdd02.jpg)
Ota Jirák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muži v offsidu (2010) (theatrical recording)
Fimfárum Jana Wericha (2002)
Dívčí válka (1991) (theatrical recording)