Film · Drama, History
Marketa Lazarová (1967)
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
- Writers
- Vladislav Vančura, František Pavlíček, František Vláčil
- Country
- XC
- Language
- Czech
- Release date
- November 24, 1967
Cast
František VeleckýMikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda VášáryováMarketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan PalúchAdam, Kozlík's one-armed son- Pavla PoláškováAlexandra, Kozlík's daughter
Vlastimil HarapesKristián, son of Bishop of Hennau- Michal KožuchLazar, Kozlík's rival
Josef KemrKozlík, Lazar's rival
Naďa HejnáKateřina, Kozlík's wife
Jaroslav MoučkaJan, Kozlík's son- Zdeněk KutilReiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
Zdeněk ŘehořSovička, Aide to the Royal Governor- Karel VašíčekJiří, Kozlík's son
- Martin MrázekVáclav, Kozlík's son
Václav SloupŠimon, Jan's son- Alena PavlíkováDrahuše, Kozlík's younger daughter
- Zdeněk LipovčanJakub, Lazar's son
- Zdeněk KryzánekPivo, Royal Governor
Jan PohanKornet
Oto Ševčíkmnich
Vladimír MenšíkBernard, Wandering Monk
