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Marketa Lazarová
“Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages.”
★ 7.8· 1967· 166 min· Popularity 1+16
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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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Release Date: 11/24/1967
Runtime: 166 minutes
Languages: Czech
Director: František Vláčil
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Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Where to watch · US
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rapebased on novel or bookkidnappingflashbackpaganismblack and whiteincestfortressmiddle ages (476-1453)dark ageswolf packpower strugglehighwaymanfeudal lordbohemia13th centuryclash of clanspeasants vs. royaltybarbarismmountain fortress
