Marketa Lazarová
Czechoslovakia • 1967
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#661Criterion Collection →Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.
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František Veleckýas Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda Vášáryováas Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan Palúchas Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
Pavla Poláškováas Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter