Marketa Lazarová 1967

Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.

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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.

Release Date 1967-11-24
Runtime 2h 46m
Directors František Vláčil, Bedřich Baťka, Milan Kadlec, Josef Krameš, Tomáš Svoboda, Aleš Dospiva, Jiří Zobač, Josef Zavadil, Karel Jakl
Producers Jan Procházka, Erich Švabík
Writers Vladislav Vančura, František Pavlíček, František Pavlíček, František Vláčil, František Vláčil, Jan Procházka