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Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.

  • Drama
  • History

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

Rating
7.8 / 10 (167 votes)
Release date
November 24, 1967
Runtime
2h 46m
Language
CS
Director
František Vláčil
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • František VeleckýMikoláš, Kozlík's son
  • Magda VášáryováMarketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
  • Ivan PalúchAdam, Kozlík's one-armed son
  • Pavla PoláškováAlexandra, Kozlík's daughter
  • Vlastimil HarapesKristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
  • Michal KožuchLazar, Kozlík's rival
  • Josef KemrKozlík, Lazar's rival
  • Naďa HejnáKateřina, Kozlík's wife
  • Jaroslav MoučkaJan, Kozlík's son
  • Zdeněk KutilReiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
  • Zdeněk ŘehořSovička, Aide to the Royal Governor
  • Karel VašíčekJiří, Kozlík's son

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