Marketa Lazarová 1967

Name: Marketa Lazarová
Released: 1967-11-24
Cast: František Velecký, Magda Vášáryová, Ivan Palúch, Pavla Polášková, Vlastimil Harapes

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.

Directed by:	František Vláčil
Written by:	František Vláčil & František Pavlíček
Runtime:	166 minutes
Critics score:	100 / 100
Tagline:	Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.