MOVIE · 1967
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.
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Marketa Lazarová
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Story
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.
CAST
Featured cast
František VeleckýMikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda VášáryováMarketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan PalúchAdam, Kozlík's one-armed son
Vlastimil HarapesKristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
Josef KemrKozlík, Lazar's rival
Naďa HejnáKateřina, Kozlík's wifeMORE TO EXPLORE
