Moviefone App Coming Soon. Sign Up Now to Get Notified!

Marketa Lazarová (1974)

Movie"Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages."
Audience Score
79
Marketa LazarováApple iTunes logoWatch on Apple iTunes
NR 2 hr 46 minAug 30th, 1974History, Drama
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.
StarringFrantišek VeleckýMagda VášáryováIvan Palúch
DirectorFrantišek Vláčil

Movie Details

Original Language:Czech
Executive Producers:Erich Švabík
Production Companies:Filmové studio Barrandov
Movie Tags:
based on novel or bookkidnappingrapechristianityflashbackincestmiddle ages (476-1453)13th centurypaganismpower struggle