Marketa Lazarová
“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.
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Cast
72 people
František Velecký
Mikoláš, Kozlík's son
Also in
The Brothers Grimm
Sweet Games of Late Summer
Magda Vášáryová
Marketa Lazarová, Lazar's daughter
Known for
Cutting It Short
Ivan Palúch
Adam, Kozlík's one-armed son
Known for
Morgiana
I, Olga Hepnarova
Pavla Polášková
Alexandra, Kozlík's daughter
Also in
The Devil's Trap
Vlastimil Harapes
Kristián, son of Bishop of Hennau
Known for
Beauty and the Beast
Michal Kožuch
Lazar, Kozlík's rival
Known for
The Valley of the Bees
Josef Kemr
Kozlík, Lazar's rival
Known for
Witchhammer
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Naďa Hejná
Kateřina, Kozlík's wife
Also in
Listy Juliane
The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men
Jaroslav Moučka
Jan, Kozlík's son
Known for
The Ear
Zdeněk Kutil
Reiner, Bishop of Hennau's Valet
Also in
A Prague Underworld
No Entrance
Zdeněk Řehoř
Sovička, Aide to the Royal Governor
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
Krkonošská pohádka
Karel Vašíček
Jiří, Kozlík's son
Also in
Joseph Kilian
The Ear
František Vláčil Director · František Pavlíček Screenplay Vladislav Vančura Author
United States release August 30, 1974 · Produced in XC, Germany, Czechia · Languages Czech, German
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Studio · Production
XC · Germany · Czechia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech · German
Release dates
XC · November 24, 1967
Theatrical
United States · August 30, 1974
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
October 29, 1968 · Premiere · San Francisco Film Festival
January 13, 2007 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
June 29, 2009 · Premiere · BAMcinemaFest
Argentina
March 8, 1968 · Premiere · Mar del Plata Film Festival
Brazil
May 3, 2014 · Limited theatrical · São Paulo
Czechia
April 25, 2009 · Premiere · Pilsen Film Festival
Denmark
February 25, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Copenhagen
Finland
September 26, 1969 · Theatrical
March 16, 1979 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
September 27, 1972 · Theatrical
September 7, 2015 · Premiere · L'Étrange Festival
September 7, 2015 · Limited theatrical · Czech Center, Paris
April 17, 2017 · Premiere · Lyon Festival Hallucinations Collectives
Germany
December 1, 2016 · Theatrical
Greece
September 17, 2011 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
February 25, 2016 · Theatrical
June 21, 2016 · Digital
Israel
October 2, 2012 · Premiere · Haifa Film Festival
Japan
July 2, 2022 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 9, 2015 · Theatrical
Romania
June 2, 2014 · Premiere · Transylvania International Film Festival
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