Give the Devil His Due

Give the Devil His Due

95 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Oct. 1, 1985

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.

Give the Devil His Due

95 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Family, Fantasy | Oct. 1, 1985

Give the Devil His Due
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.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title S čerty nejsou žerty
Directors Hynek Bočan
Writers Irena Šlapáková, Božena Němcová, Jiří Just, Hynek Bočan

Cast

Vladimír Dlouhý

as Petr Máchal

Ondřej Vetchý

as čert Vraník zvaný Janek

Viktor Preiss

as správce

Monika Pelcová

as Adéla, mladší dcera knížete

Dana Bartůňková

as Angelína, starší dcera knížete

Jana Dítětová

as Anna Máchalová, Petrova babička

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

as kuchařka Dorota Máchalová

Josef Kemr

as kníže Josef Sličný

Petr Nárožný

as kaprál

Karel Heřmánek

as pekelný kníže Lucifer XIV.

Václav Vydra

as princ strašpytel

František Vicena

as mlynář František Máchal, Petrův otec

Jan Skopeček

as starý lokaj

Vladimír Hrubý

as čert-písař Drápal

Ladislav Gerendáš

as čert Kočka

Gregorij Dymič

as čert Myš

Jiří Růžička

as čert Bachor

Vlastimil Bedrna

as čert degradovaný na králíka

Václav Krejčí

as čert Netopýr

Ivana Andrlová

as princess Adelka (singing voice)

Zdeněk Blažek

as Reeve

Milan Charvát

as Non-commissioned officer

Miro Grisa

as Prince

Karel Habart

as Chasník

Roman Holý

as Prince

Miloslav Homola

as Teacher

Vladimír Hrabánek

as Innkeeper

Martin Hron

as Stable boy

Stanislav Hájek

as Devil

Naďa Konvalinková

as princess Adelka (voice)

Václav Král

as Councillor

Luděk Munzar

as Narrator (voice)

Stanislav Oubram

as Non-commissioned officer

Jana Robenková

as Teacher's wife

Michal Roneš

as Swain

Petr Růžička

as Devil

Jiří Schmiedt

as Non-commissioned officer

David Schneider

as Prince

Jan Šimek

as Devil

Petr Spálený

as Henchman

Václav Štercl

as Devil

Miloslav Štibich

as Soldier

Naděžda Vlčenová

as Inkeeper's wife