Jim Henson's The Storyteller

The Soldier and Death

Directed by Jim Henson
TV-Y7
S1 • E1    May 14, 1988    23m
Returning from war, a young soldier trades his last biscuit for a magical sack... into which anything summoned will enter! Trapping devils and even death itself, the soldier brings peace to his country. But death soon proves a greater enemy captured than free! From an early Russian folk tale.

Cast of The Soldier and Death

  • John HurtThe Storyteller
  • Bob PeckSoldier
  • John Franklyn-RobbinsTzar
  • Jan ChappellSoldier's Wife
  • Marcus ClarkeDevil
  • Peter HawkinsDevil (voice)
  • Walter SparrowCard Trick Beggar
  • David FleeshmanInnkeeper
  • Brian HensonDog / Devil (voice)
  • Peter MarinkerDevil (voice)
  • Francis WrightDevil
  • David Alan BarclayDevil
  • Mike QuinnDevil
  • Jim HensonDirector
  • Anthony MinghellaWriter
  • Martin G. BakerProducer

 

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