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Marketa Lazarová
“Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.”
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.
Directed by František Vláčil, Erich Švabík
78
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Status
Released
Released
November 24, 1967
Runtime
2h 46m
Language
Czech
Top cast
František Velecký
Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda Vášáryová
Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan Palúch
Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
Pavla Polášková
Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter
Vlastimil Harapes
Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
Michal Kožuch
Lazar, Kozlík's rival
Josef Kemr
Kozlík, Lazar's rival
Naďa Hejná
Kateřina, Kozlík's wife
Jaroslav Moučka
Jan, Kozlík's son
Zdeněk Kutil
Reiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
Zdeněk Řehoř
Sovička, Aide to the Royal Governor
Karel Vašíček
Jiří, Kozlík's son
Martin Mrázek
Václav, Kozlík's son
Václav Sloup
Šimon, Jan's son
Alena Pavlíková
Drahuše, Kozlík's younger daughter
Zdeněk Lipovčan
Jakub, Lazar's son
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Pivo, Royal Governor
Jan Pohan
Kornet
Oto Ševčík
mnich
Vladimír Menšík
Bernard, Wandering Monk
