Because of kind acts toward three beggars, an honest soldier returning from war is given a magical sack, an unbeatable deck of cards, a ruby whistle and a comparable dance, which he uses to save a kingdom and to foil Death.
John Hurt
The Storyteller
Bob Peck
The Soldier
Stuart Richman
Fiddling Beggar
Walter Sparrow
Card Trick Beggar
John Franklyn-Robbins
Tzar
Ishia Bennison
Tzarina
Jan Chappell
The Soldier's Wife
Gavin Knights
The Soldier's Son
David Fleeshman
Innkeeper
Alistair Fullarton
Death/Devil
Brian Henson
The Storyteller's Dog
David Alan Barclay
Devil
Ladyhawke
True Legend
Les Carabiniers
Barry Lyndon
The Last Warrior: Root of Evil
Flanders
The Dreamseller
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
Buck Privates
Ballad of a Hussar