Marketa Lazarová

Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.

• Rated 7.8 out of 10
• Movie
• 1967
• 2h 46m
• Drama
• History

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

Starring

František Velecký, Magda Vášáryová, Ivan Palúch, Pavla Polášková