Godfather Death

A husband and wife were in despair. The woman had just given birth to their 13th child, and the growing family was quickly running out of food and money. Wandering into the woods, the father encountered a skeletal figure with sunken eyes and a gaunt face: this was Death himself, come to offer his services as Godfather.



Dive into the German tale of Godfather Death and his godson, the doctor who tries to master mortality.



Based on:

German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm

1812



Inspired by:

The tale of the doctor who defied Death

by Iseult Gillespie