Marketa Lazarová

7.8 / 10

(135 votes)

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.

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Genre:

Drama,

History

Duration:

166 minutes

Year:

1967

Director:

František Vláčil

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Company:

Filmové studio Barrandov

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

Crew:
František Vláčil

Director

Vladislav Vančura

Novel

Miroslav Hájek

Editor

Zdeněk Liška

Original Music Composer

Milan Kadlec

First Assistant Director