Marketa Lazarová
Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.
7.8(158) 1967-11-24 166 minDramaHistory
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.
DirectorFrantišek Vláčil
Original Music ComposerZdeněk Liška
ScreenplayFrantišek Pavlíček
ScreenplayFrantišek Vláčil
Cast & characters
František Velecký
as Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
Magda Vášáryová
as Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Ivan Palúch
as Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
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Pavla Polášková
as Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter
Vlastimil Harapes
as Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
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Michal Kožuch
as Lazar, Kozlík's rival
Josef Kemr
as Kozlík, Lazar's rival
Naďa Hejná
as Kateřina, Kozlík's wife
Jaroslav Moučka
as Jan, Kozlík's son
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Zdeněk Kutil
as Reiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
Zdeněk Řehoř
as Sovička, Aide to the Royal Governor
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Karel Vašíček
as Jiří, Kozlík's son
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Martin Mrázek
as Václav, Kozlík's son
Václav Sloup
as Šimon, Jan's son
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Alena Pavlíková
as Drahuše, Kozlík's younger daughter
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Zdeněk Lipovčan
as Jakub, Lazar's son
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Zdeněk Kryzánek
as Pivo, Royal Governor
Jan Pohan
as Kornet
Oto Ševčík
as mnich
Vladimír Menšík
as Bernard, Wandering Monk
Pavel Landovský
as Smil
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Ladislav Považay
as Burjan
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Josef Šulc
as Kornet
Karla Chadimová
as Prioress
