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Give the Devil His Due

Give the Devil His Due

19857.61h 35m

Overview

Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mill away from his son Peter and threw him out of the hime. Lucifer, who is known to rule in hell, sends out the devil Janek. He is supposed to fetch Dorota because the measure of her earthly sins is overflowing. But the devil himself can not handle this evil woman and flees to the military. There he meets Peter. By joining forces, they finally succeed in transporting the wicked Dorota to hell. Since then hell is hell. But for Peter, who is suddenly in possession of a magic mantle, begins a nice time, because strangely, the prince shows great interest in him.

Directed by Hynek Bočan
Written by Hynek Bočan, Stanislav Rudolf, Irena Šlapáková
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Top Cast

Vladimír Dlouhý

Vladimír Dlouhý

Petr Máchal

Ondřej Vetchý

Ondřej Vetchý

Vraník – Janek

Jana Dítětová

Jana Dítětová

Anna Máchalová

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František Vicena

František Máchal

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Dorota Máchalová

Viktor Preiss

Viktor Preiss

Steward

Karel Heřmánek

Karel Heřmánek

Prince of Hell Lucifer XIV.

Josef Kemr

Josef Kemr

Prince Josef Sličný

Dana Bartůňková

Dana Bartůňková

Angelína

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Monika Pelcová

Adéla

Themes & Keywords

fairy talebased on children's book

About Give the Devil His Due

Give the Devil His Due is a family, fantasy film released in 1985 exploring themes of fairy tale, based on children's book. Directed by Hynek Bočan, it stars Vladimír Dlouhý, Ondřej Vetchý, Jana Dítětová. Dorota, a bad woman married the miller, out of sheer greed drives him to death. She then took the mill away from his son Peter and threw him out of the hime. Lucifer, who is known to rule in hell, sends out the devil Janek. He is supposed to fetch Dorota because the measure of her earthly sins is overflowing. But the devil himself can not handle this evil woman and flees to the military. There he meets Peter. By joining forces, they finally succeed in transporting the wicked Dorota to hell. Since then hell is hell. But for Peter, who is suddenly in possession of a magic mantle, begins a nice time, because strangely, the prince shows great interest in him.

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