Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Marketa Lazarová (1967)

Putting the ‘dark’ back in the Dark Ages. 1967-11-24 Czechoslovakia 166 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.