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.

Director

František Vláčil

Writers

František Pavlíček, František Vláčil

Themes13th centurybarbarismbased on novel or bookblack and whitebohemiaclash of clansdark agesfeudal lordflashbackfortress