Marketa Lazarová

"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

Cast

František Velecký

Mikoláš, Kozlík's son

Magda Vášáryová

Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter

Ivan Palúch

Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son

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Pavla Polášková

Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter

Vlastimil Harapes

Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau

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Michal Kožuch

Lazar, Kozlík's rival

Josef Kemr

Kozlík, Lazar's rival

Naďa Hejná

Kateřina, Kozlík's wife