
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.
- Year: 1967
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
- Keyword: rape, based on novel or book, kidnapping, christianity, flashback, paganism, incest, fortress, middle ages (476-1453), dark ages, wolf pack, power struggle, highwayman, feudal lord, bohemia, 13th century, clash of clans, peasants vs. royalty, barbarism, mountain fortress, medieval knight, slovakia, falconry, highway robbery
- Director: František Vláčil
- Cast: František Velecký, Magda Vášáryová, Ivan Palúch, Pavla Polášková, Vlastimil Harapes, Michal Kožuch