Devil and Káča () is a literary fairy tale by Czech writer Božena Němcová from her collection Národní báchorky a pověsti (Folk Stories and Legends).s:cs:Národní Báchorky a Powěsti/Čert a Káča It was adapted from a Czech folk tale.
Plot A devil dances with a village old maid Káča, takes her to the hell, and then cannot get rid of her. A young shepherd helps him out and the devil promised the shepherd a reward. Eventually the shepherd tricks the devil into a larger reward by scaring him by telling that Káča is coming.
Adaptations
1899: opera by Antonín Dvořák, The Devil and KateThe Devil and Kate (Čert a Káča), Op. 112, B201 1955: , 44min. animation directed by Václav Bedřich loosely based on the fairy tale by Božena Němcová. Lucifer asks his sidekick to bring the most evil princess from the Earth. By mistake a peasant girl Káča was brought and she raised a hell in hell and she is to be returned to the Earth as soon as possible.Čert a Káča 1970: , Czech black and white comedy TV film with Jiřina Bohdalová as Káča, Ladislav Trojan as devil and Jiří Krampol as shepherd.Čert a KáčaČert a Káča (TV film)
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