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Marketa Lazarová
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.
1967 · Directed by František Vláčil · 166 min · Drama · History · 19 frames
Tagline
Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.
Crew
- Screenplay: František Pavlíček, František Vláčil
- Cinematography: Bedřich Baťka
- Edited by: Miroslav Hájek
- Music: Zdeněk Liška
- Production design: Oldřich Okáč
Cast
- František Velecký as Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
- Magda Vášáryová as Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
- Ivan Palúch as Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
- Pavla Polášková as Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter
- Vlastimil Harapes as Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
- Michal Kožuch as Lazar, Kozlík's rival
- Josef Kemr as Kozlík, Lazar's rival
- Naďa Hejná as Kateřina, Kozlík's wife
- Jaroslav Moučka as Jan, Kozlík's son
- Zdeněk Kutil as Reiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
Production
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Language: Czech
- Studios: Filmové studio Barrandov
- Themes: rape, based on novel or book, kidnapping, christianity, flashback, paganism, black and white, incest, fortress, middle ages (476-1453)
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