Marketa Lazarová(1967)

Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.

• 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.

Director:

František Vláčil

Released:

1967-11-24

Country:

Czechoslovakia

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