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