Marketa Lazarovè

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-11-24

Languages:

Czech, German

Countries:

Czechoslovakia

Runtime:

162 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (2303 Reviews)

Director:

Frantisek Vlècil

Genres:

Drama History Romance

Cast:

Josef Kemr Magda Vèsèryovè Nada Hejna Jaroslav Moucka

Writer:

Frantisek Pavlècek

Vladislav Vancura (novel)

Frantisek Vlècil

Fullplot:

Mikolès and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlèk. During one of their "jobs" they end up with a young German hostage whose father escapes to return news of the kidnapping and robbery to the King. Kozlik prepares for the wrath of the King, and sends Mikolès to pressure his neighbor Lazar to join him in war. Persuasion fails, and in vengeance Mikolès abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa, just as she was about to join a convent. The King, meantime, dispatches an army and the religious Lazar will be called upon to join hands against Kozlik. Stripped-down, surreal, and relentlessly grimy account of the shift from Paganism to Christianity.

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