Marketa Lazarová (1967)

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.

Genres: Drama, History

Stars: František Velecký, Magda Vášáryová, Ivan Palúch, Pavla Polášková, Vlastimil Harapes

Release Date: 1967-11-24

Country: Czechoslovakia

Ratings: 7.7 / 10 (148 votes)

Runtime: 166 mins