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.
- Director
- František Vláčil
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
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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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- Release date
- Nov 24, 1967
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
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- Language
- Czech
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
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