Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.
162 min
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.
- Release date
- November 24, 1967
- Country of origin
- XC
- Music
- Zdeněk Liška
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Cast
- František Velecký as Son Mikolás
- Magda Vášáryová as Lazar's Daughter Marketa
- Ivan Palúch as Son Adam 'One-handed'
- Pavla Polaskova as Daughter Alexandra
- Vlastimil Harapes as Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
- Michal Kozuch as Lazar, Kozlík's rival
- Josef Kemr as Laird of Rohácek Kozlík
- Naďa Hejná as Wife of Laird Rohácek Katerina
- Jaroslav Moučka as Son Jan
- Zdeněk Kutil as Reiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
- Zdeněk Řehoř as Sovička, Aide to the Royal Governor
- Karel Vasicek as Son Jirí
- Martin Mrazek as Son Václav
- Václav Sloup as Jan's Son Simon
- Zdeněk Kryzánek as Pivo, Royal Governor
- Jan Pohan as Kornet
- Oto Ševčík as mnich
- Vladimír Menšík as Bernard, Wandering Monk
- Pavel Landovský as Smil
- Karla Chadimová as Prioress
- Harry Studt as Bishop of Hennau, whose son is abducted by Kozlík's sons
Crew
- František Vláčil · Director
- Frantisek Pavlícek · Writer
- Vladislav Vancura · Writer
- František Vláčil · Writer
- Zdeněk Liška · Composer
- Bedřich Baťka · Cinematographer
- Miroslav Hájek · Editor