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Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Directed by František Vláčil
“Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.”
Drama, History · 2h 46m
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
František Velecký
Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda Vášáryová
Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan Palúch
Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
P
Pavla Polášková
Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter
Vlastimil Harapes
Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
M
Michal Kožuch
Lazar, Kozlík's rival
Josef Kemr
Kozlík, Lazar's rival
Naďa Hejná
Kateřina, Kozlík's wife
Jaroslav Moučka
Jan, Kozlík's son
Z
Zdeněk Kutil
Reiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
Zdeněk Řehoř
Sovička, Aide to the Royal Governor
K
Karel Vašíček
Jiří, Kozlík's son
Crew
- Director
- František Vláčil
- Screenplay
- František Pavlíček, František Vláčil
- Novel
- Vladislav Vančura
- Director of Photography
- Bedřich Baťka
- Original Music Composer
- Zdeněk Liška
- Editor
- Miroslav Hájek
Details
- Release date
- 1967-11-24
- Runtime
- 2h 46m
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
- Production
- Filmové studio Barrandov