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Marketa Lazarová
"Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages."
1967 • 2h 46m • ★ 7.8 (153 votes) Released
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
Screenplay
František Pavlíček
Screenplay
František Vláčil
Rating
7.8
Runtime
166 min
Production
Filmové studio BarrandovTop Billed Cast
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Keywords
rapebased on novel or bookkidnappingchristianityflashbackpaganismblack and whiteincestfortressmiddle ages (476-1453)dark ageswolf packpower strugglehighwaymanfeudal lordbohemia13th centuryclash of clanspeasants vs. royaltybarbarismmountain fortressmedieval knightslovakiafalconryhighway robbery
